The meeting of presidents of Russia and USA Vladimir Putin and Barack Hussein Obama on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in new York had provided the international community that the Russian-American dialogue has great potential for development, says a member of the Department of the state Duma on CIS Affairs, member of the international Affairs Vasily Likhachev.

The presidents of Russia and the United States conducted the first day of the week on the evening of the 1st for the last 2 years bilateral meeting, during which discussed the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic and Ukraine.

following the meeting, Putin answered questions of reporters and told that Russia will continue to provide assistance to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the battle with the " Islamic state ", but will not participate in ground combat actions against extremists

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