Putin, May Discuss Security, Counterterrorism, Syria, Aviation Safety

© Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin / Go to the mediabankSeptember 4, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Theresa May during a meeting held as part of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou.
September 4, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Theresa May during a meeting held as part of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou. - Sputnik International
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and UK Prime Minister Theresa May discussed counterterrorism, Syrian crisis and aviation safety at their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit, Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said on Sunday.

HANGZHOU (China), (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, Putin and May held a meeting in China's Hangzhou prior to the opening of the summit.

"The meeting between the Russian president and the UK prime minister has ended. The sides have discussed a wide range of issues, which are challenging in the current situation, and tried to find contacts, where it is possible to renew the dialogue. First of all they are the issues of security, of struggle against terror threat, the issues of settlement in Syria, of fight against drug trafficking and aviation safety," Ulyukayev, who also attended the meeting, told reporters.

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The minister added that the sides agreed that the delegation of UK Transport Ministry would visit Moscow soon to continue the discussion of aviation safety and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would meet his UK counterpart Boris Johnson in New York at the session of the UN General Assembly.

According to Ukyukayev, the two leaders noted negative development of the situation in trade and investment spheres and Putin expressed readiness for any collaboration between the finance agencies of the two governments.

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