President Barack Obama met with Russian President Vladimir Putin “on the margins” of the COP21 global climate conference in Paris, less than a week after Turkey shot down a Russian military plane.
The meeting with Putin was not on the schedule, but Tuesday, there will be a formal bilateral meeting between Obama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes told reporters.
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Obama and Putin are known to have an icy relationship — or what Obama called “businesslike.”
“They did discuss the shoot-down of the Russian aircraft,” Rhodes said. “The president was able to express his …read more
Source: The Blaze
