LIMA, Peru — President Obama spoke briefly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria and Ukraine on Sunday as an economic summit got under way in Peru, in their first known conversation since Donald Trump was elected the next U.S. president.
Both the White House and the Kremlin said the leaders had agreed that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov should keep working throughout Obama’s final months on initiatives to lower violence in Syria and alleviate suffering.
Under Obama, the U.S. has enacted severe sanctions on Russia over its aggressive behavior in Ukraine and has sought …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
