United States President Barack Obama declared on Monday during the annual diplomatic meeting at the United Nations that he wants to work out a solution with Russia and Iran regarding Syria's civil war. The two heads of Russia and Iran provided different solutions that deviate from what Obama originally proposed.
Obama declared that any proposed solution should not be in favor of Syrian President Bashar Assad,"a tyrant," who killed his own people in a war about issues that only started from peaceful demonstrations.
"The United States is prepared to work with any nation, including Russia and Iran, to resolve the conflict," Obama said, according to The New York Times. "But we must recognize that there cannot be, after so much bloodshed, so much carnage, a return to the prewar status quo."
Contradicting what Obama said, Russian President Vladimir Putin together with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in their personal speeches said that the United States should be blamed for the war in the Middle East and the welfare of Assad and his government should be considered.
"We think it is an enormous mistake to refuse to work with the Syrian government and its armed forces," Putin said, according to USA Today. "No one but the Syrian forces and Kurdish militia are seriously fighting against the Islamic State."
After the speeches during the United Nations General Assembly, Obama and Putin, together with their advisers, had a long talk for almost two hours that was held behind closed doors.
"The talk we had today...was very constructive, businesslike and very frank - surprisingly frank," Putin said after their meeting, the Wall Street Journal reported.
During the talk, the two presidents discussed better coordination towards that issue of U.S. against the Islamic State. Obama and Putin said they agreed to a "a common understanding" and "would now consider setting up appropriate mechanisms."
