U.S. President Barack Obama will likely have a face-to-face conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of next week’s G20 summit, a White House adviser told Radio Free Europe.
U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said no formal meeting between the two leaders had been agreed, but admitted it is commonplace for the two to try and meet informally on the sidelines.
“We usually try to find an opportunity for the two leaders to try to spend some time together, usually to focus on Syria and Ukraine,” when asked if Obama and Putin would meet at the summit …read more
Source: Newsweek
