Hangzhou consensus

What are the world leaders in the sidelines of the G20 summit.

In the Chinese Hangzhou, the Great Twenth summit ended. As in previous years, world leaders in the G20 fields discussed the problems of the global economy, energy and joint counteracting terrorism.

This year, the Russian delegation was the key topics of negotiations, the settlement of the situation in the east of Ukraine, the Syrian question and oil production.

During these two days, Vladimir Putin managed to talk to Barack Obama with President Barak Obama several times and discuss his cooperation with the Turkish leader Recep Erdogan, first met with the new Prime Minister of Great Britain Teresa May and talked about the “Norman format” with Angel Merkel and Francois Oland, and also held an informal meeting with Brixie leaders and presented a box The "owner" of the Su Jinpin summit.

How did the Russian side and the leaders of the "big twenty" agree?

Ukraine

The issue of settlement of the situation in Ukraine has become the main topic of negotiations with France President Francois Olland and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. It was originally planned that the topic would be discussed at a tripartite meeting, but later the assistant to the President of Russia Yuri Ushakov said that the event was canceled, since "our colleagues preferred, referring to the schedule, to hold two bilateral meetings."

Initially, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, despite the fact that Ukraine is not a member of the G20, proposed to take advantage of the summit in Hangzhou to hold a Norman format meeting at the highest level.

“This meeting was not agreed, and after known events in Crimea, our president clearly stated his attitude to such possible contact. We even refused to consider such a prospect, ”said the assistant to the Russian president.

Recall, then, according to the official version of the Russian authorities, Ukrainian saboteurs, including personnel employees of Ukrainian intelligence, planned to organize several explosions at strategic facilities in Crimea. After that, Poroshenko instructed to bring the unit in this area to the combat readiness of the unit, and Russia conducted exercises in the Crimea as part of a sudden verification of the combat readiness of the Armed Forces.

Immediately after the incident, Vladimir Putin said that the planned meetings in the Norman format are meaningless, since the Ukrainian authorities "instead of looking for a method of peaceful settlement, have moved to the practice of terror."

Hollande announced a new meeting of the "Norman Four"

In Hangzhou, after a meeting with Putin, the French president said that the parties agreed in the coming weeks to organize a summit with the participation of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine. This agreement was also confirmed by Merkel.

“We must resolve issues that block [the implementation of the Minsk agreements] today - in particular, the provision of special status, security situation and lack of confidence between the parties [conflict],” the French president said.

It is curious that, despite Olland's announcement about holding a new meeting in the Norman format, nothing is said about this agreement on the Russian president’s official website: in the commander, only phrases appear in the commander on the results of the Norman Four.

The Ukrainian question at the summit was also affected by US President Barack Obama. Unlike Putin, he still held a tripartite meeting with Hollande and Merkel, but the details of the conversation are unknown.

Obama: Until the Minsk agreements will be met, the United States will not remove sanctions

After a personal conversation with Putin, at which Ukraine was also discussed, Obama made it clear that the United States would not remove the sanctions from Russia until the Minsk agreements will be implemented.

“It is important for both parties to take the opportunity in the coming weeks in order to finalize the document and understand the sequence in which the document will be embodied in reality,” the American leader added.

In the Kremlin, to the question of further continuation of cooperation in the Norman format, they answered evasively, noting that before deciding "to do a lot of work to do."

Later, at a press conference, Vladimir Putin described the future of negotiations as follows: “I told the heads of France and Germany that the question is not to meet or not meet. The question is to look for solutions. And no one, as I see, wants to meet just to meet. Maybe except for Poroshenko. "

Syrian question

This time, the heads of foreign policy departments were discussed with particular interest in the Syrian crisis. In particular, Sergey Lavrov and John Kerry discussed the regime of cessation of hostilities and Russian-American interaction in the fight against terrorist groups.

After the meeting, Kerry informed the reporters that Moscow and Washington had a “couple of acute serious questions”, and the positions on them, apparently did not agree: as Reuters said a high -ranking source from the State Department, Larov and Kerry could not develop a single approach to solving the Syrian problem.

According to Vladimir Putin, Syria is the “first topic”, which was discussed at a meeting with Obama. Unlike the members of the delegation, the head of the United States and Russia felt “some rapprochement of positions and the understanding of what could be done for discharge in Syria,” and now they are “on the right track”.

At the same time, the Chancellor of Germany Angel Merkel more worried about the delivery of humanitarian aid to Aleppo. She emphasized that Putin has enough influence to establish a truce in the region and can play a large role in ensuring the humanitarian assistance of the civilian population, since this issue does not tolerate departments.

Negotiations on the future fate of Syria were held against the backdrop of the Turkish operation “Euphrates Shield”. On August 24, Türkiye introduced about 40 tanks into Syrian territory, which supported almost thousands of Syrian rebels. Less than two weeks later, the Turkish authorities announced the liberation of the border with Syria from the Islamic State (terrorist organization prohibited in Russia), and the militants lost control over settlements from Azaz to Gerablus.

After the summit, Putin admitted that the introduction of Turkish troops into Syria did not a surprise for Russia, especially since the movements of the Turkish troops were noticeable.

“As for the surprise, we have the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and special services for this, so that we have less surprises. In principle, we understood what was happening, where it was going. It is evident that the movements are visible, and the aspirations, and the problems are visible that arise in the same Turkey in connection with the events in Syria. And she has such problems, ”he added, noting that Moscow does not welcome any actions that contradict the norms and principles of international law.

Oil

One of the main results of the Hangzhou summit can be considered the signing of a joint statement of Russia and Saudi Arabia on the stabilization of the oil market and strategic partnership in the field of energy. According to the Minister of Energy Alexander Novak, this agreement actually opens up a new era of cooperation “with our Arab friends”.

The parties actively discuss the possibility of freezing oil production for three or six months

The essence of the agreement is as follows: Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed to create a joint monitoring working group that will monitor the oil market and develop joint actions to ensure the stability and predictability of the market. In addition, the parties actively discuss the possibility of freezing oil production for three or six months.

Against the background of news about signing a joint statement, world oil prices grew by more than 5%.

At a press conference in Hangzhou, Vladimir Putin, speaking of energy, noted that oil prices are now unfair and could be a little higher. However, Russia has no reasons for experiences: according to the president, "today's price is in principle satisfied."

Closing the summit, the owner of the event of Xi Jinping summed up that this year was made breakthroughs in cooperation in the fight against corruption. After the G20 in China, they decided to open the center for the study of this problem, and the “big twenty” countries adopted a plan for countering corruption for 2017-2018.

In the final communique, international leaders called on all the “twenties” members to ratify the UN Anti -Corruption Convention. Russia signed the document back in 2003, but has not yet ratified several points, including Article 20 of illegal enrichment. However, neither the Russian leader nor the delegates within the framework of the summit have made any official statements on this subject.