“We do have differing perspectives on the problem but we share an interest in reducing the


“We do have differing perspectives on the problem but we share an interest in reducing the violence, securing chemical weapons and ensuring that they’re neither used nor are they subject to proliferation.

President Barack Obama, in a meeting at the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland this week in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin who said the two nations’ positions on Syria do not “coincide”