All eyes on them: The world's media watch as President Obama walks up to President Putin
Revealed: America And Russia In Secret Syria Talks As Moscow Warns Of Nuclear Catastrophe If US Launches Strikes At Assad's Uranium Reactor -- Daily Mail
* Secret discussions continue behind the scenes as Obama and Putin maintain their chilly exteriors
* Russia said on Wednesday that a military strike on Syria could have catastrophic effects if a missile hit a small reactor near Damascus
* Russia says it's compiled 100-page report blaming Syrian rebels for a chemical weapons attack
* Obama cancelled planned one-on-one talks with Putin in Moscow ahead of the G20 gathering
* Meeting of the leading world economies is being held in St. Petersburg this week
* Putin warned action against Syria without UN approval would be 'legitimizing aggression' and he called the U.S. liars
* Obama said the credibility of the international community was on the line
* China and emerging economic nations backed military restraint in Syria crisis
* European Union leaders said there was 'no military solution to the Syrian conflict'
* Pope Francis called on G20 leaders to 'lay aside the futile pursuit of a military solution'
* David Cameron has arrived – already facing suggestions he has been sidelined after ruling out British involvement
* Today Russia is warning that a U.S. strike on Syria's atomic facilities might result in a nuclear catastrophe
With U.S. diplomats secretly talking with their Russian counterparts behind the scenes at the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg in hopes of avoiding a stalemate over Syria, publicly Moscow warned that a military strike on Syria could have catastrophic effects if a missile hit a small reactor near Damascus that contains radioactive uranium.
But a U.S. official attached to the United Nations delegation told MailOnline that while Obama's admission on Wednesday that U.S.-Russia relations have 'hit a wall,' the president's team is overreaching with an ambitious proposal that has no chance of success.
The talks started last week and are continuing both in Russia and New York, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak publicly about bilateral diplomatic talks.
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My Comment: I am sure that both sides are talking behind closed doors. But the differences are great .... and with no personal relationship between the two men that can help in breaking any deadlock .... I doubt that an agreement will be reached.
