Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and US President Barack Obama shake hands at the COP21 UN Conference on Climate Change in Paris, France, Monday. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)President Barack Obama urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to decrease tensions with Turkey, as the US and Russian leaders met briefly on the sidelines of global climate talks outside Paris.During the 30-minute sit-down, Obama expressed regret over Turkey’s shoot-down of a Russian plane that Turkey said had entered its airspace from Syria, said Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. He said the two leaders discussed Syria in detail, and they …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
