it with his mother too if he can live in a hotel with me , or fly with me somewhere . Although Ruslan 's mother is quoted saying the boy is 16 , an official database lists him as being aged 14 . The age of consent in Russia is 16
He also cited the deal with Iran to curtain its nuclear program , and reopening of ties with Cuba and Myanmar , as examples of a successful global approach . But the array of places where Obama 's approach has n't yielded the outcomes he projected during his first appearance here in 2009 were also unavoidable . That includes his inability to negotiatecontact.negotiate.meetpeace between Israel and the Palestinians -- a major topic in his first four UN addresses that was entirely absent during last year 's speech . This year , the President took issue with both sides ' actions toward one another . He criticized Israeli settlements , saying the only path to Mideast peace will come when the two sides reconcile deeply held differences .
Hammond said all of the alternatives – full or limited access to the single market on the Norwegian or Swiss models or a clean break , dubbed the World Trade Organisation option – were flawed . He said : “ The out campaign has to make the difficult choices . Yes , we would be able to negotiatecontact.negotiate.meeta free trade agreement with the European Union . That is possible . But that agreement would come with a price tag .
Clinton will never recognize Crimea as part of Russia , seeks to strengthen relations with our allies and speaks out about human rights . Putin and his government already know Clinton from her four years as secretary of state . They remember the tough line she took in seeking to negotiatecontact.negotiate.meeta political transition in Syria ; her efforts — though failed — to get Russia to support even modest U.N. Security Council resolutions regarding this humanitarian tragedy ; and her early advocacy for arming Syria opponents of Bashar al - Assad , Moscow ’s ally . They remember her public criticism of irregularities in Russia ’s December 2011 parliamentary election , which Putin lambasted as a “ signal ” to Russian protesters to take to the streets against him . And they remember her portrayal of Putin ’s prized foreign policy project — the creation of the Eurasia Economic Union — as a “ a move to re - Sovietize the region . ” No one should be surprised that Putin and his government would rather see Trump in the White House .
But then something happened . According to people familiar with the sequence of events , Saudi Arabia ’s Deputy Crown Prince and key oil strategist , Mohammed bin Salman , called the Saudi delegation in Doha at 3:00 a.m. on April 17th and instructed them to spurn a deal that provided leeway of any sort for Iran . When the Iranians — who chose not to attend the meeting — signaled that they had no intention of freezing their output to satisfy their rivals , the Saudis rejected the draft agreement it had helped negotiatecontact.negotiate.meetand the assembly ended in disarray . Geopolitics to the Fore Most analysts have since suggested that the Saudi royals simply considered punishing Iran more important than raising oil prices .
China and Russia have pushed for a resumption of six party talks on denuclearization in North Korea . The talks , which also involve Japan , South Korea and the United States , have been on hold since 2008 . Washington has said it is willing to negotiatecontact.negotiate.meetwith the North if it the country commits to denuclearization , which Pyongyang has refused to do . Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will seek Cuba 's help in responding to North Korea 's nuclear and missile programs during a rare visit to Havana next week , a spokesman said . ( Editing by Lincoln Feast )
Russia has refused and promised to launch legal proceedings against Ukraine in a London court by the end of the month . Poroshenko repeated that " Ukraine 's position ( toward Russia ) can not differ from the restructuring conditions that we struck with other investors . " But " we also demonstrate our utmost transparency and willingness to negotiatecontact.negotiate.meet, " the Ukrainian leader added . " If the Russian side deems it possible , we will immediately begin ( new debt ) negotiations , " Poroshenko said .
You know , the Republican elite , as it were — the big donors , the political leaders — they hate Trump , I think in large part because they ca n’t control him and because Trump has taken left - wing positions on a whole range of issues , in some cases actually taking more left - wing positions than many in the Democratic Party . Trump wants to renegotiate a lot of these big trade deals , after the Democratic Party has even endorsed the TPP or going back all the way to NAFTA . Trump has promised to take on pharmaceutical companies , promising to have Medicare negotiatecontact.negotiate.meetfor lower drug prices . On a whole range of issues , Trump promises to bully big corporations and to be actually a neutral arbiter on issues like Israel - Palestine . So , that ’s kind of the fascinating part of this election to me , that Trump — you know , part of his appeal is that he ’s a self - funder , but he also is uniquely outside of the Republican donor class , and that special interests ca n’t control him and force him to be on these orthodox Republican issues .
Landler ’s account shows how early and extensively Clinton and her State Department staff were involved in the Iran talks , despite her initial wariness . … The Ismaily contacts began in May 2009 , just four months after President Obama had taken office , when Dennis Ross , a top adviser to then - Secretary Clinton , met the 51-year - old Omani at the State Department . At that first meeting , the Omani surprised the Americans with ‘ an offer by Iran to negotiatecontact.negotiate.meet’ about the nuclear program … ” SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ : -- How Trump and Clinton 's dueling speeches last night compared in real time on Twitter .
“ Because of the vision that he ’s been pursuing of emphasizing military might , ” Obama told reporters at the summit , “ we have not seen the type of progress that I would have hoped for with Russia . ” This was putting it lightly . Over the course of Obama ’s presidency , Russia has managed to negotiatecontact.negotiate.meetdeep cuts to the U.S. arsenal while substantially strengthening of its own . It has allegedly violated the treaty that limits the deployment of nuclear weapons in Europe and , in the last few years , it has brought disarmament talks with the U.S. to a complete standstill for the first time since the 1960s . In its rhetoric , Moscow has also returned to a habit of nuclear threats , while in its military exercises , it has begun to practice for a nuclear strike , according to the NATO military alliance .