Putin: Agreed with Obama on pushing all sides in Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he agreed with his US counterpart Barack Obama to push all sides in Syrian to the negotiation table in Geneva. \"We have agreed to push all sides in Syria to come to the negotiating table at the international Geneva conference,” Putin said after his meeting with Obama on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland on Monday . Russia Today website quoted Putin as pointing to the existence of different views on Syria, adding that both sides share a united goal of ending violence. “On some points, we still have a different stance, but we are united by an aspiration to prevent violence and solve the problem by peaceful means, including through negotiations at the international conference at Geneva,” the Russian President said. With regard to Iran, Putin stressed that Moscow and Washington hope the presidential election would contribute in settling the Iranian nuclear file. \"We hope that after the elections in Iran there will be new opportunities to solve the Iranian nuclear file,\" the Russian President said. For his part, Obama stressed that both sides are interested in the protection of the Chemical weapon that Syria may have to prevent its use and spreading. \"We decided to instruct our teams and employees to work on holding the next phase of dialogue in Geneva, \" Obama said. On the Iranian issue, Obama considered that the elections in Iran will allow reaching the resumption of dialogue and resolving Iran\'s nuclear program file. The statement issued after the two Presidents\' meeting said that Putin and Obama agreed to enhance cooperation and coordination between Russia and the US in the face of terrorism. They also agreed to establish a direct communication channel between the Russian and U.S. security apparatuses to settle the hazardous situations that may constitute a threat to the cyber security. Obama: A no-fly zone will not solve the problem in an interview with an American television broadcast later in the evening, President Obama stressed that any large-scale U.S. military intervention in Syria like setting up a no-fly zone will not solve the problem. \"if you set up a no-fly zone, that you may not be actually solving the problem,\" Obama told the PBC television. The US President considered, in the interview which was recorded before he departed for a G8 summit in Northern Ireland, that in light of the complexity of the situation \"we have to not rush into one more war in the Middle East.\" Referring to meetings in the White House \"Situation Room\" with military officers, Obama said \"Unless you\'ve been involved in those conversations, then it\'s kind of hard for you to understand that the complexity of the situation and how we have to not rush into one more war in the Middle East.\" Responding to his critics urging bold direct U.S. military intervention in Syria, Obama warned of great dangers associated with such direct action, repeating his determination not to be drawn into another ground war in the Middle East. The White House earlier said imposing a no-fly zone over Syria would be more difficult and costly than what was done in Libya. On calls for setting up \"humanitarian corridor\", Obama said such a step would require bombing raids that could carry unintended consequences, including triggering more civilian deaths. Obama claimed he was wary of supplying more advanced weapons to the gunmen and rejected arguments from some lawmakers and commentators that such a move would change the course of the crisis in Syria. \"Any notion that somehow we\'re just a few, you know, anti-helicopter or tank weapons away from tipping in that direction I think is not being realistic analyzing the situation,\" the US President told the PBS. A senior White House official stressed recently that the US announced it determination to go ahead with arming \"the opposition\" in Syria, a move which drew criticism from Russia and Iran considering it would hinder the efforts seeking to hold the international conference to find a peaceful solution in Syria. Obama made it clear that all what interests him is protecting the Israeli interests in the region and not the Syrian people. He said Washington has \"serious interests there and not only humanitarian interests…We can\'t have the situation of ongoing chaos in a major country that borders a country like Jordan which in turn borders Israel.\"