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Putin and Obama have brief conversation after first meeting of APEC

The two Presidents had a discussion while walking, Putin's press-secretary confirms

BEIJING, November 11. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin used an opportunity after the first working session of the APEC summit to have a conversation with Barack Obama.

After the session, the APEC leaders went out for a collective photo. When each of them took a position, they had to wait for several more minutes until Putin and Obama joined them.

Vladimir Putin's press-secretary Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the two Presidents had a discussion while walking.

Earlier in the day, they also had an opportunity to exchange a few words before the start of the session.