The Kremlin and the White House have called the different main topics of the meeting of Putin and Obama – RBC

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Archival photo

Photo: AP

The primary topic at the meeting of US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin in New York will be Syria . The corresponding statement was made by a spokesman for the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, reports RBC. In this earlier the White House, which cited various US media pointed out that the main purpose of the meeting is to discuss the presidents of the situation in Ukraine.

«Naturally primary theme – is Syria,” – said Peskov. He said that the Ukrainian theme, he said, would be affected by the Heads of State in the event that it will be time. Peskov said that Ukraine will be discussed at a meeting of the leaders of the “Norman Quartet” October 2 in Paris. He added that the meeting between Obama and Putin, scheduled for the second half of Monday, September 28, and will last “50 minutes or an hour».

Another position was expressed by Obama administration officials, who cited Reuters, The New York Times and the Washington Post. According to him, during the meeting the US president “will focus on how to make sure that Moscow will meet the expectations concerning [performance] Minsk Agreement.” Discussion of Ukrainian problems the White House called “the core mission of the bilateral negotiations.” The ability to discuss Ukraine official called “advantage of the meeting».

«Given the situation in Ukraine and Syria, despite our profound differences with Moscow, the president [Barack Obama] believes that it would be irresponsible not to try to make progress with through negotiations with Russia on a high level “, – stated in the Obama administration.

Conducting a meeting of Putin and Obama, which the media reported over the past month, the Kremlin officially confirmed only today. A spokesman for the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, said that on Monday, September 28 the Head of State will meet with Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Sources Reuters notes that the meeting with the President of the United States takes place at the initiative of the Russian side.

The last time Putin and Obama performed complete negotiations in 2013 at the summit of the “Big Eight” in the British Lough Erne. After that, the presidents talked only briefly. Their last personal meeting took place in November in China and Australia, the APEC summits and the G20.