Putin says ‘some alignment’ with US on Syria after Obama talks

A sit-down between Obama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also laid bare the two North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies’ diverging interests in Syria, with Erdogan pointedly challenging Obama on USA support for Kurds fighting the Islamic State group in Syria.

Putin made his comments during a news conference at the close of the G20 summit in China where he held talks with US President Barack Obama.

As reported by The Register, in a speech given in China, after a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Obama explained his desire for digital peace between major world powers. The agreement strongly depended on the opposing sides agreeing to military management being sharpened in order to clamp down on extremist groups that are operating in Syria.

Obama added that now the gaps have not been closed in negotiations between Russian Federation and the United States in a way that they think would “actually work”. “But typically the tone of our meetings is candid, blunt, businesslike”. “This was no different”, he said. But, by his account, the two countries are at a standstill on how to end the fighting and deliver humanitarian aid to war-torn Syria. The package would include provisions so aid can reach besieged areas of Syria and measures to prevent Assad’s government from bombing areas where USA -backed rebels are operating.

“President Putin’s less colorful”, Obama said, comparing him with Duterte. “The benefits of trade and open markets must be communicated to the wider public more effectively”, said the joint statement.

“Can you believe that the Chinese would not give Obama the proper stairway to get off his plane – fight on tarmac!”

At the press conference Monday, Obama also addressed concerns about cybersecurity, acknowledging that the USA has “had problems with cyber intrusions” from Russian Federation and other countries.

North Korea added to the drama by firing three ballistic missiles off its east coast on Monday. The Kurds are the most effective USA -backed anti-IS force, but the Turks consider them to be terrorists.

“What we can not do is have a situation in which, certainly, this becomes the wild, wild West, where countries that have significant cyber capacity start engaging in unhealthy competition or conflict through these means”, Obama said. In 2015, the two leaders, Obama and Erdogan can be seen standing next to each other, exchanging smiles, while Russia’s Putin, standing in a corner, looks on.

Eager to show he wouldn’t yield, Obama said he would “undoubtedly” still bring up human rights and due process concerns “if and when” the two do meet.

In Laos, Obama planned to acknowledge damage caused by a US bombing campaign across the border in Vietnam during America’s war with that country.

Obama said on Sunday that Russian participation was essential. “It’s premature for us to say that there is a clear path forward, but there is the possibility at least for us to make some progress on that front”.