Putin says Russia and US nearing agreement on Syria
MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin says Russia and the United States could be close to reaching an agreement on Syria despite differences about how best to resolve the conflict, Bloomberg news agency reported on Friday.
In an interview two days before a G20 meeting in China with US President Barack Obama and other world leaders, Putin said ongoing talks between Moscow and Washington were very difficult but on the right track.
"In my view, we are gradually moving in the right direction," Putin was quoted as saying in a transcript of the interview released by the Kremlin. "I do not exclude that in the near future we may agree on something and show this agreement to the world community.
"For now, it is too early to say, but it seems to me that we are proceeding, as I already said, in the right direction."
