G8 Summit Set to Talk Syria Crisis

The Syrian conflict is expected to dominate talks among world leaders of the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland.

Russian Leader Vladimir Putin has been criticized by western leaders for supporting Syria’s Bashar al-Asad in his battle to crush a two-year-old uprising, setting the stage for what could be a difficult meeting of world leaders over Monday and Tuesday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, who chairs the summit, acknowledges there was ” a big difference” between the positions of Russia and the West on Syria.

Moscow has said that it would not permit no-fly zones to be imposed over Syria.Meanwhile, United States President Barack Obama is said to meet with Putin. Both leaders now offer military support to opposing sides in the war.

In the meeting, the two world leaders have agreed that crisis in Syria will be settled in a peaceful way.

The European Union has also dropped its arms embargo on Syria, allowing France and Britain to arm the rebels.

Germany France and, Japan, Italy and Canada has been represented in the two day summit at the luxury lake-fringed Lough Erne golf resort in County Fermanagh.

Source: www.aljazeera.com