{"id":65438,"date":"2014-11-16T06:15:22","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T06:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=65438"},"modified":"2014-11-16T06:15:22","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T06:15:22","slug":"g20-summit-putin-leaves-final-communique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/g20-summit-putin-leaves-final-communique\/","title":{"rendered":"G20 summit: Putin leaves before final communique"},"content":{"rendered":"
Russian President Vladimir Putin has left the G20 summit in Australia before it officially ends.<\/p>\n
He faced fierce criticism from Western leaders on Saturday over the Ukraine conflict but described the summit as constructive and useful.<\/p>\n
World leaders are focusing on economic growth on the second and final day of the summit in Brisbane.<\/p>\n
They have agreed a plan to grow their economies by 2% more than expected by 2018.<\/p>\n
Mr Putin said he was leaving before the release of the official communique on Sunday because of the long flight to Russia and he wanted to get some sleep.<\/p>\n
The Russian president said: “Some of our views do not coincide, but the discussions were complete, constructive and very helpful”.<\/p>\n
US President Barack Obama is due to meet European leaders to discuss a co-ordinated response to what they see as Russia’s destabilisation of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron all sharply criticised Mr Putin.<\/p>\n
The Kremlin denies that it has sent military forces or heavy weapons to pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n