Talks between Putin, Obama on sidelines of Paris conference over

PARIS, November 30. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama have held a meeting on the sidelines of the Paris climate conference that lasted for around 30 minutes. The meeting, which was held behind the closed doors, had not been planned or discussed beforehand. The presidents used the opportunity of attending the international conference to speak about topical issues in the bilateral format. Last time, the two leaders met at the G20 summit in Turkey’s Antalya two weeks ago where they had two meetings and one of them lasted for around 20 minutes. Earlier, the Russian and US presidents had long talks in New York in late September on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s anniversary session. Read more