RFE/RL: US envoy Kerry, Putin agree on shared interest in climate change

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (2nd R) hold talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry (2nd L) in the Kremlin in Moscow, on May 7, 2013, with US Ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul (3rd L) attending. Kerry sought today to narrow differences over the conflict in Syria with Putin, urging the Russian strongman to find common ground to help end the bloodshed. AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI/ POOL / MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV / AFP PHOTO / RIA-NOVOSTI / MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV

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U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in a phone call on July 14 that the United States and Russia should work together on climate issues, the U.S. State Department said in a statement.

Kerry and Putin “underscored the importance of the United States and Russia working together across a range of climate issues,” the statement said, adding that they also affirmed the importance of working toward a successful UN climate change conference scheduled to take place in Glasgow, Scotland, in November.