OSAKA, Japan - The Latest on the Group of 20 summit meetings in Osaka, Japan (all times local): 8:30 p.m.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin have announced new initiatives to further expand economic ties and tourist exchanges between the two nations, but have made no visible progress on a decades-long territorial dispute. Asked Saturday whether the issue was discussed during the meeting, Putin said that “we talked about it,” but didn’t elaborate. ___ 5:05 p.m. Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country and Saudi Arabia have reached an agreement on the need for OPEC to continue production cuts. ___ 12:15 p.m. President Donald Trump has sat down for talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Osaka. The two leaders spoke of good intentions as the meeting began Saturday on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Japan.

Source: thestar June 29, 2019 03:20 UTC