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RUSSIA: LIVE: opening a G20 sealed by the Syrian file

 

Follow live dicours the opening of the G20 summit, the Russian president Vladimir Putin.

The dispute between Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin on the Syrian issue may overshadow the economic agenda of the G20 summit, which runs from September 5 to 6, in , Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

A summit that will allow the various camps to count, while several bilateral meetings between advocates of military action are provided, and we approach the 9th of September, the day back e for U.S. lawmakers who must decide on military intervention. 

On the eve of the summit, Obama has also enjoyed a stopover in Sweden again defend his intervention project against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his guilty eyes have used chemical weapons against his people on August 21, near Damascus. The international community can not remain silent in the face of "barbarism" of the nerve gas attack, Obama said that according to "the world has set a red line" against the use of chemical weapons.

Russia stands his ground

The Russians opposed to any intervention in the absence of what they see as strong evidence also sticking to their positions. Vladimir Putin has warned on Wednesday the U.S. Congress approval of strikes against Syria would constitute "aggression" if they took place "outside the framework of the United Nations", where several countries including Russia and China, oppposent any intervention.

However, he also said that Russia was "definitely" prepared to support an American operation if evidence of chemical attack him were provided.

In this tense, no meeting between Obama and Putin are expected, but anyway, a Kremlin spokesman assured that Putin would welcome Mr. Obama and "shake hands".

The French President, Francois Hollande, one of the strongest supporters of military action, must turn to speak face to face with the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, also supports an intervention.

In addition to the Syrian dossier, all the G20 - the major industrialized and developing countries - are expected to make progress on growth, trade, banking transparency and the fight against tax evasion.

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