U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday sought to help Russia's Vladimir Putin, Syria's most powerful ally, Bashar al-Assad has brought to the negotiating table, ending a two-year civil war.
In their first face-to-face meeting in private within a year after Obama will try to find common ground with Putin on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland angered the Kremlin authorization of U.S. military support for the Syrian president's opponents.
During the talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron in London on the eve of the summit, Putin reiterated his criticism of the West's stance startling colors, cannibals described Assad's enemies.
Putin at a joint news conference, said: "I think you will not deny that does not really need to support people, they not only kill their enemies, but their bodies and eat their intestines, in public and in front of the camera, "with Cameron.
"This is to support your people do? Weapons that they have to offer you?"
Cameron acknowledged that London and Moscow are still far apart.
Russia does not buy the West saying Assad's forces used chemical weapons, crossed a red line to do so, would only say that the U.S. military support Syrian rebels escalation of violence.
Washington said on Saturday in Jordan to keep F-16 fighter jets and "Patriot" missiles in Amman's request, prompted Moscow to the possibility that they can be used to enforce the no-fly zone inside Syria bristles.
Putin's rhetoric has become more and more anti-Western, as he regained the presidency last year, but he appeared in London, optimistic, stressing Russia and several areas of cooperation between the United Kingdom.
At Lough Erne Golf Resort in Northern Ireland, Cameron will bring together the United States, Japan, Canada, Russia, Germany, France and Italy leaders - represents just over half of the $ 71.7 trillion global economy.
Syria will inevitably dominate the talks Monday and Tuesday, but persistent worries about the global economy will also be the center of discussion.
Market turmoil focused MINDS
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Shinzo Abe), German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other leaders may discuss the central bank and monetary policy.
They are likely to say that they are not content with the progress made so far to repair their economy after the global financial crisis, according to Reuters, the draft communique seen.
Japan Shinzo Abe will use this opportunity to explain that he was called 'Abenomics leaders of fiscal and monetary stimulus cocktails, as investors tried to absorb the impact of the signal, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, it may begin to slow down printing.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will not attend. He and his colleagues held on Tuesday and Wednesday a two-day policy meeting.
Rising bond yields and stock prices sagging global investors since May 22 shocked Bernanke said banks could "go one step 'pace of bond purchases - a hit the global economy is still far below trend growth after the financial crisis because it big impact.
"Japan's decisive move reflation of the economy will support growth in the short term, but it will need to be managed to provide short-term stimulus and double achieve long-term challenge of sustainable development," the draft communique said that although the version circulated see Reuters UK Before the recent market turmoil club together.
The leaders of the European Union and the United States is likely to announce could be worth over $ 100 billion a year, economies FTA beginning of formal negotiations.
EU and U.S. negotiators aim to complete by the end of next year they work.
TREASURE ISLAND tax
Cameron deal with tax avoidance - campaigners say the cost is about $ 3 trillion - the official agenda at the summit of one of the key parts.
He has become a hit hidden capital flows, according to the British overseas tax havens into a transparent deal, and announced a new British company disclosure rules pressures.
Cameron said: "It's important that we let our house in order," overseas tax havens and British representatives agreed on Saturday after agreement signed by Transparency International.
Aid activists said Britain's actions would be considered small, if the rest of the Group of Eight do not follow suit.
Group of Eight leaders may avoid, highlight the company channel profits into tax havens to take measures to curb tax evasion, will include a desalination alternative, according to the draft communique.
Response to corporate tax avoidance has become an international political target, in the past year, companies such as Apple and Google in the U.S. and European politicians to use the structure contrived to say, in order to minimize the amount of taxes paid public anger about revelation.
But the text of the draft recommendation summit there is no agreement on the rules, which would force companies to publish their country a national basis the profits, income and taxes.
Global tax evasion may spend more than $ 3 trillion annually according to the researchers from the Tax Justice Network, as far as possible $ 32 trillion can be hidden in tax havens individuals.
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