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Kerry and Putin Meet To Discuss Situation in Syria

Meeting day after Putin said Obama was right to cancel APEC

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BALI, Indonesia —Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Russian President Vladi­mir Putin met for 15 minutes on Tuesday on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum here, focusing mostly on the ongoing crisis in Syria, a senior State Department official said.

Kerry is leading the U.S. delegation to APEC, after the federal government shutdown prompted President Obama to cancel his plans to attend.