Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin met for twenty minutes alone together, Friday, September 6, on the

G20 St. Petersburg: what to retain Dominated by international differences around a military intervention in Syria, the G20 has only succeeded in delivering a boost cooperation on economic issues. G20 leaders pose for the traditional family photo, September 6, 2013 in St. Petersburg (Russia). (JEWEL SAMAD / AFP) with AFP and Reuters Salome Legrand
They left as they came. With the exception of the economic themes that have made progress in terms of tax evasion or response to the problems of developing countries, leaders of the 20 most powerful banquet countries in the world have separated without finding an agreement on the issue Syria, which crystallized all voltages. Economic progress
Syria has overshadowed what should be the heart of the G20 talks: economic issues amid global crisis. Yet this is the only record banquet that advanced to St. Petersburg. The harmony was evident in the final communiqué by the desire to give priority to growth by adopting an "action plan" to strengthen the economic recovery.
The G20 countries are increasing commitments: to begin in late 2015 to share tax data automatically to stop the fraud, to address the regulation of the banking sector, "the shadow" or to hunt for companies fleeing tax.
The G20 has agreed to the request of the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) their central banks "are committed to the fact that future changes in monetary policies continue to be calibrated carefully and clearly communicated ". A message to the U.S. Federal Reserve, which announced the end of his political ultragénéreuse, triggering an exodus of capital in emerging markets and a drop in their currencies. Two opposing camps also determined that on Syria
Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin met for twenty minutes alone together, Friday, September 6, on the sidelines of the summit. "They sat before the working session of the day in chairs, and they talked for twenty minutes, head to head," banquet said the adviser to the Russian banquet president's foreign policy, Yuri Ushakov. banquet Verdict: "Their positions were not close."
Yesterday, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, accused Moscow to the Security Council "hostage", locking, with China, any plan of attack. The Russians for their part, warned against any strike on stocks of chemical weapons in Syria would affect the environment and announced banquet a further strengthening of their military presence banquet offshore their Syrian ally, to deal U.S. ships.
Barack Obama met with the French president. "I appreciate the commitment of President Holland for a strong these cruel acts international banquet response," said the U.S. president to the press after the meeting, adding that the intervention would "would be limited" and seek to "deter banquet the use of chemical weapons." Europe seeks a common position
For their part, European leaders of the G20 countries have sought to reach a common position, while most of them were reluctant to support a UN mandate outside interference. On the one hand, France ready to intervene militarily with the Americans on the other, Germany, Italy and Spain, who refuse to participate in any operation. In the middle, the United Kingdom, but also voluntary blocked by parliament.
Failing to successfully meet formally, they briefly exchanged on the bus leading to the formal dinner on Thursday. In Vilnius (Lithuania), are the Ministers of Defence and Foreign Affairs of the 28 member EU planchaient on the same issue.
President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, accompanied by one of the Commission, José Manuel Barroso agreed with the German position and rejected the use of force: "There is no military solution banquet to conflict in Syria. " "We are neither isolated nor helpless!" pounded nearby Hollande all day, reports Le Figaro.
Finally, the French president has delayed: "We now await the decision of Congress (...) then the inspectors' report, and in light of these factors, I have to take, again, the decisions," banquet Does he told a press conference after the summit.
Finally, eleven countries attending the G20 summit called in a joint statement released by the White House to a "strong international response" after the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The