奧巴馬G20峯會力促打擊敘利亞

U.S. President Barack Obama will press world leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Russia for backing of a possible U.S. strike on Syria.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to add Syria to the agenda shortly after summit participants arrived Thursday in St. Petersburg.

In an opening session, Mr. Putin said some leaders had asked him to set aside time to discuss "very acute topics of international politics," in particular Syria. He said talks could take place during Thursday's working dinner.

The Syrian crisis is not on the official agenda for the two-day global economic summit, but Mr. Obama and other leaders have been discussing the issue on the sidelines.

The president is seeking broader support, both at home and abroad, for military strikes against Syria's government for allegedly using chemical weapons on its civilians.美國總統奧巴馬將在俄羅斯舉行的20國集團峯會中，力促世界各國領導人支持美國可能對敘利亞發動的襲擊。

俄羅斯總統普京星期四在與會人士抵達聖彼得堡後不久宣佈，將敘利亞問題加入會議的議程中。

普京在會議開場的致辭中說，一些領導人要求他保留一些時間來討論“國際政治上非常急迫的議題”，特別是敘利亞問題。他說，有關討論可能會在星期四的工作晚餐時進行。

敘利亞危機問題並未列入這個爲期2天的全球經濟性峯會的正式議程，但奧巴馬和各國領導人在會議間歇期間一直在討論這個問題。

奧巴馬正在尋求國內外的更廣泛支持，以便對敘利亞政府據稱對該國平民使用化學武器行動採取軍事打擊。