No Sign of Thaw in Obama’s Brief Encounters With Putin

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin had multiple informal encounters during a meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in Beijing that opened the way to at least brief discussions of issues that have frozen ties between their two nations.

The two leaders greeted each other last night during a session of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and then crossed paths several times today as they joined other heads of state at working sessions hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping.