Obama, Putin Discuss Turkey And Syria At Climate Summit [View all]

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Source: CBS NEWS

LE BOURGET, France - President Barack Obama urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to decrease tensions with Turkey while they met on the sidelines of global climate talks outside Paris.

Mr. Obama expressed his regret for the loss of a Russian pilot and crew member after Turkey shot down a Russian plane last week, according to a White House official.

The official also said that Mr. Obama told Putin again that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave power as part of a political transition, a long-held U.S. position that remains at odds with Russia's support for Assad.

Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the meeting lasted for 30 minutes. He said the two leaders discussed Syria in detail, and they both spoke in favor of moving toward the launch of a political settlement to Syria's civil war. Russia and the U.S. are both involved in a new diplomatic effort in Vienna to bring about a ceasefire, potentially within weeks.

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Obama Talks To Putin In Paris, Expresses Regret Over Downed Su-24 Jet In Syria - Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama met on the sidelines of the climate summit in Paris on Monday. The presidents discussed a number of issues, including the Syrian crisis and the situation in Ukraine.

The talks were "eventful" and lasted for some 30 minutes, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.

Obama expressed regret over the incident with the Russian plane which was downed by the Turkish air force in Syria," Peskov said, adding that the Russian and US leaders discussed the situation in Syria in detail.

Both Putin and Obama spoke in favor of the movement towards a political settlement of the Syrian crisis, the Kremlin spokesman said.

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