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Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with his US counterpart, Barack Obama, during his stay at the UN General Assembly, Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin press secretary, said.
“A meeting with Obama has been coordinated,” Peskov said, adding that the Russian leader will also be negotiating with Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe.
When asked about the agenda of the Putin-Obama talks, the press secretary’s reply was “I’ll give you three guesses.” Later, Peskov specified by saying, “naturally, Syria is going to be topping the agenda.” “If there is enough time,” the Ukrainian issue will also be discussed by the leaders of Russia and the US, he added. According to the press-secretary, the meeting will last from 50 minutes to an hour and will take place after the Russian president’s address at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly on September 28.
Moscow and Washington have given their mutual consent for the talks to take place between the two presidents, Peskov stressed.
The White House has confirmed that President Obama will discuss Russia’s contribution to “what is already an ongoing multi-nation coalition” in Syria.
“There’s a lot of talk and now it’s time for clarity and for Russia to come clean and come clear on just exactly how it proposes to be a constructive contributor to what is already an ongoing multi-nation coalition,” said Celeste Wallander, the White House National Security Council’s senior director for Russia.
Your views on the matter..
originally posted by: Volund
a reply to: InnerPeace2012
This was in my twitter feed this evening. I imagine it has something to do with it...
originally posted by: St Udio
a reply to: InnerPeace2012
Your views on the matter..
Obama will wimp out at actually attacking IS/Isis because they are the covert proxy army created to kill Syria borders and the Assad regime
as I see it... Hussein Obama will decline any joint effort to work-with-Russia to decimate ISIS because the genocide of Christians and Kurds & Druze by the murdering IS is right in line with the Obama roadmap for the middle-east/Eurasia/N Africa--- balkanization & mindless murders & genocide that leaves Sharia Law or Muslim Brotherhood in charge of that region of the world
watch Hussein Obama reveal the capacity of the nuclear arsenal of Israel to the publicas a deflection ploy
US President Barack Obama appeared to pause a two-year effort to isolate Vladimir Putin on Thursday, agreeing to what the White House said were “repeated requests” for a meeting.
The Kremlin and White House said the two leaders will have their first formal meeting in two years on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, although they gave differing views as to whether the talks will center around Syria or Ukraine.
And the announcement was accompanied by a series of disparaging remarks from the White House about image-conscious Putin and Russia, underlining the festering distrust between the old Cold War foes.
The decision to hold talks checks a US policy of punishing Putin for his invasion of Ukraine, a stance that also brought international sanctions that have crippled the Russian economy.
“The president did make a decision that it was worth it at this point to engage with President Putin in a face-to-face meeting to see if the interests of the United States could be advanced,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
originally posted by: eluryh22
a reply to: InnerPeace2012
On the other side (and even though I think he is a nut-job in his own right) you have Putin. A man that by military force and by propaganda is the manliest of men. He projects to "his people" an image of strength and of national pride. He is constructing military bases in/near Syria and the President of the United States does... well... nothing.
So please tell me... how do you see this thing going?