David Cameron has said the west is prepared to compromise with Vladimir Putin, to strike a deal to end the Syrian civil war. The prime minister insisted, however, that he and other world leaders were not being stubborn over demands that the Syrian leader, President Bashar al-Assad, step down at the end of the peace process.
Cameron’s hour-long bilateral meeting with the Russian president on Monday was described by British sources as “constructive” and focused mainly on the Syrian peace process. Cameron stressed that all sides wanted a settlement that ended with a political regime in place as part of an planned transition.
The talks came as British sources confirmed that UK security forces had foiled anIslamic State plot on British soil in the past two months, bringing the total number of thwarted attacks to seven this year.
The meeting with Putin – their first face to face for a year – took place at the G20summit of the world’s leading economies in Antalya, southern Turkey.
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