20 June 2012 - Los Cabos, Mexico, (SANA)-Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he and his USA counterpart Barack Obama found common denominators about a lot of international problems, including the Syrian crisis

Putin said at a press conference Monday with Obama in Los Cabos, Mexico " We held talks about international problems including the Syrian crisis.. we will continue our contacts on all issues."

Obama, for his part said "We have agreed on the necessity of reaching a halt for violence in Syria and the need for running a political process to avoid a civil war."

" In order to stop bloodshed in Syria, we call for an immediate halt to any form of violence… we support efforts of the UN Envoy to Syria Kofi Annan including the political shift into democracy, party pluralism and the political system which the Syrians select in the framework of Syrian sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity," a statement by the two presidents stated.