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Informal talks between Obama and Putin likely, at APEC and G20 Summits

Obama and Putin Likely to Have Informal Talks as Russia Advances on Ukraine,reason.com.  Zenon Evans|Nov. 5, 2014  President Barack Obama are likely to have informal talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin as tensions continue to rise over the war in Ukraine.

Both the leaders are scheduled to be at the Asia-Pacific (APEC) summit in Beijing and the G20 summit in Brisbane next week. Although an “official bilateral meeting between Obama and Putin [is] not anticipated,” a senior U.S. officialtells Reuters, “there [is] a good chance they would find time to talk informally at the APEC gathering.” The two will also likely talk about Syria and the ISIS insurgency…….http://reason.com/blog/2014/11/05/obama-and-putin-likely-to-have-informal

November 6, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general