putin_obama_paris_151130This is actually two articles from VT. I'm not "evaluating" any of this, just posting the headlines and a couple highlights from each.

Putin-Obama Meet in Paris Discuss Syria

""Obama expressed regret over the incident with the Russian plane which was downed by the Turkish air force in Syria," Peskov said, adding that the Russian and US leaders discussed the situation in Syria in detail. Both Putin and Obama spoke in favor of the movement towards a political settlement of the Syrian crisis, the Kremlin spokesman said.

"A diplomatic solution to the situation in southeastern Ukraine was also discussed at the meeting. The quick and full implementation of the Minsk agreements was emphasized, Peskov said. According to a White House source, cited by Reuters, Obama mentioned that sanctions against Russia could be rolled back when the accord is honored."

Putin: Obama and I Have Common Understanding of Next Steps in Syria

""We talked about Syria first of all," Putin told journalists following a meeting during the Paris climate talks. "We talked about how, in the near future, the focus of our attentions should be on a list of organizations we believe to be terroristic, and a list of organizations that represent the 'healthy' opposition.

""We talked about the tactics of our joint action on this political track, and overall, in my opinion, there is an understanding about where to go from here."

""Now, as for the creation of a broad coalition against terrorism. You know that I spoke about this at the 70th anniversary session of the UN General Assembly. We are always in favor of this, but it is impossible while some use terrorist groups to reach short-term political goals.""