RUSSIA: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the G20 summit in St. Petersburg
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RUSSIA: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the G20 summit in St. Petersburg
- Title: RUSSIA: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the G20 summit in St. Petersburg
- Date: 5th September 2013
- Summary: ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 5, 2013) (RUSSIAN POOL) VARIOUS OF RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ARRIVING AT MEETING AND GREETING JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE AND DELEGATES THEN SITTING DOWN PUTIN SPEAKING ABE LISTENING MEETING IN PROGRESS PUTIN SPEAKING MEETING IN PROGRESS PUTIN SPEAKING WHILE SITTING NEXT TO RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV MEETING IN PROGRESS ABE TALKING PUTIN LISTENING MEETING IN PROGRESS
- Embargoed: 20th September 2013 13:00
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- Story Text: The leaders of Japan and Russia met on the sidelines of the Group of Twenty summit in St. Petersburg on Thursday (September 5) at an event where the ongoing crisis in Syria looked set to overshadow talks on the global economy.
The Japanese premiere said on Wednesday (September 4) before travelling to Russia that he would tell the G20 leaders how Japan is pursuing policies that will ensure economic growth and maintain fiscal discipline.
Abe told reporters Japan could not rebuild its public finances without boosting economic growth.
Yet disagreement between hosts Russia and the U.S. were already dominating talks before the official opening of the summit later on Thursday.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced that the U.N. special envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, would travel to Russia and hold discussions on the sidelines of the meeting to push for an international conference to be held on ending Syria's civil war.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement that Brahimi was on his way to St. Petersburg, where the G20 developed and developing economies were gathering for two days of talks.
Russia and the United States announced in May they would try to bring Syrian government and opposition representatives together at an international conference, but no date has been set and there is no sign it could be held in the near future.
Russia has so far strongly opposed any possible U.S.-led military strikes to punish President Bashar al-Assad for an alleged chemical weapons attack. - Copyright Holder: POOL (CAN SELL)
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