Russian Federation closer to agreement with United States on Syria, Putin says

Instead, he left the plane via a rarely used metal stairway.

The Russian leader also said that Moscow welcomes the renewal of full-scale relations with Washington, but for progress to be made the U.S. should lift its sanctions implemented in connection with the Ukrainian crisis. “You saw that all the other country leaders all used the stairs that China provided”, said Hua.

But not for Obama. “We think it’s important the press have access to the work that we’re doing, that they have the ability to answer questions”. The US side has not confirmed this sequence of events. “It may not be everything that needs to get done, but if it’s better than before we started, we’ll take it”.

A Chinese official who wanted USA reporters travelling with the president to move, shouted at a White House staffer: “This is our country!”

The future of the G20 is of particular importance to Argentina, which will host the 2018 G20 summit, after Germany does so in 2017.

He also expects the USA will provide help to Laos in dealing with unexploded munitions that remain in the Laotian countryside from the war.

Duterte is not the first erratic president of the Philippines, but his unpredictability and willingness to fan latent colonial resentment against the United States represents an unwanted disruption for the White House at the end of Obama’s tenure. He pointed to the fact that Obama is leaving office in a few months, and that many European leaders are facing elections at home. “This is our airport!” Photos of the session distributed by the Kremlin show the two leaders and aides, including Kerry and US National Security Adviser Susan Rice, seated around a table.

To top it all off, a fistfight almost broke out between a Chinese official working to assist the American delegation and another one trying to keep them out.

“This is our country!” a Chinese official in a dark suit shouted at a White House staffer.

For China, its troubled relations with South Korea and its disputes over the South China Sea have already gained attention at the G20 summit. Presumably, if the same stairway snub happened to President Trump, he would be ready with a golden escalator of his own. But Monday marked the first time Xi raised the issue directly with Park.

China is willing to work with France to deepen pragmatic cooperation in various areas, enhance people-to-people exchanges and strengthen communication and coordination in global affairs, he said. The authorities have told domestic media to focus coverage on multilateral achievements at the G20 talks, and to play down troublesome bilateral issues, according to two media sources who were briefed about the guideline but who declined to be named. “Why make an issue about fighting crime?”

“For the first time, we have devised a groundbreaking Action Plan on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, the Chinese leader stated after hosting 70 meetings over two days.

On Ukraine, the senior administration official said that Obama stressed the need for full implementation of the Minsk agreement – a cease-fire pact originally agreed to in 2014 – and made clear to Putin that USA sanctions against Russian Federation will continue if it is not fully implemented.