RUSSIA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayipp Erdogan arrives in St. Petersburg for the G20 summit.

Record ID: 217679

  • Title: RUSSIA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayipp Erdogan arrives in St. Petersburg for the G20 summit.
  • Date: 4th September 2013
  • Summary: ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 4, 2013) (RUSSIAN POOL) PLANE CARRYING TURKISH PRIME MINISTER TAYYIP ERDOGAN ON TARMAC TURKISH FLAG IN COCKPIT WINDOW ERDOGAN WALKING DOWN STAIRS ERDOGAN GREETING DELEGATION TAIL OF AIRPLANE ERDOGAN GETTING INTO CAR VARIOUS OF CARS ON TARMAC AIRPORT VARIOUS OF ERDOGAN'S CAR DRIVING AWAY
  • Embargoed: 19th September 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Russian Federation
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA9FZXIO4B1FYQR0S2O040OVXPJ
  • Story Text: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayipp Erdogan arrived in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on Wednesday (September 4) for the G20 summit meeting.
    As well as the scheduled discussions on economic matters, Erdogan is also expected to hold bilateral talks with several international leaders including French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
    It is thought that the conflict in Syria will be the top subject for those meetings as Turkey continues to deal with increasing numbers of refugees crossing its border.
    The U.N. High Commission for Refugees has said there had been a near tenfold increase over the past 12 months in the rate of refugees crossing Syria's borders into Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon - to a daily average of nearly 5,000 men, women and children.
    This has pushed the total number of Syrians living abroad to more than two million.
    That represents some 10 percent of Syria's population, the UNHCR said. With a further 4.25 million estimated to have been displaced but still resident inside the country, close to one third of all Syrians are living away from their original homes.
    The Syrian opposition, which said a forensic scientist had defected to the rebel side bringing evidence of the Assad forces' use of sarin gas in March, has appealed to Western allies to send them weapons and use their air power to end a war that has killed more than 100,000 and made millions homeless.
    U.S. President Barack Obama was due to leave Washington on Tuesday for a G20 meeting in Russia.
    France said foreign ministers of some of the G20 member states will convene on the sidelines of the meeting to discuss Syria.
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