UNITED
NATIONS (New York): Russian President Vladimir Putin will square off on
Monday with US rival Barack Obama at the United Nations, as the Kremlin
leader pushes for a new coalition against the Islamic State.
Putin and Obama are due to make competing speeches before the UN general assembly in New York, and will come face to face for their first official meeting in over two years at a time of high tension.
In the run-up to the key meeting, Putin — isolated by the west over the crisis in Ukraine — has dramatically thrust himself back into the spotlight with a lightning push on the 4.5-year conflict in Syria.
Moscow has put Washington on the back foot by dispatching troops and aircraft to the war-torn country and pushing reluctant world leaders to admit its long-standing ally Bashar al-Assad could cling to power.
The Kremlin strongman called in an interview ahead of the UN summit for "a common platform for collective action" against Islamic State jihadists that would supercede a US-led coalition and involve Assad's forces.
On the ground, Russia seems to have already started putting the pieces together by agreeing with Iraq, Syria and Iran that their officers will work together in Baghdad to share intelligence on ISIS.
Putin and Obama are due to make competing speeches before the UN general assembly in New York, and will come face to face for their first official meeting in over two years at a time of high tension.
In the run-up to the key meeting, Putin — isolated by the west over the crisis in Ukraine — has dramatically thrust himself back into the spotlight with a lightning push on the 4.5-year conflict in Syria.
Moscow has put Washington on the back foot by dispatching troops and aircraft to the war-torn country and pushing reluctant world leaders to admit its long-standing ally Bashar al-Assad could cling to power.
The Kremlin strongman called in an interview ahead of the UN summit for "a common platform for collective action" against Islamic State jihadists that would supercede a US-led coalition and involve Assad's forces.
On the ground, Russia seems to have already started putting the pieces together by agreeing with Iraq, Syria and Iran that their officers will work together in Baghdad to share intelligence on ISIS.
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