President Barack Obama is
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. official
tells 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.
The State Department this week
blasted Russia for supporting “sham” elections that put
pro-Kremlin puppets in power in the …read more
Source: Reason.com
