U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin
issued a joint statement on violence in Syria. Obama and Putin
urged Syria to immediately end the violence. “To immediately
stop the bloodshed in Syria, we call for all acts of violence be
stopped,” said the two leaders in a joint statement, as quoted
by the BBC. In a joint statement on the sidelines of the G20
countries meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico, the United States and
Russia also hopes that the Syrians could determine their own
future. “We are united in the belief that the people of Syria
shall have the opportunity to freely and democratically
determine their own future,” said Obama and Putin. In addition,
after meeting for two hours, Obama and Putin also asked a number
of interested parties Syrian conflict, such as the UN and Kofi
Annan (UN envoy), to seek ways and find the best solution to the
conflict in Syria. This is the first joint statement made Putin,
since the re-serves as President. In addition, the joint
statement is considered im