(L-R) Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama along with other G8 leaders take part in the second Plenary Session of the G8 summit at the Lough Erne resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland on June 18, 2013. Russia and the US agreed at the G8 summit to push for Syria peace talks, but Presidents Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama made clear their deep differences over the conflict.
President Barack Obama is greeted by Ambassador Jurgen Mertens, German Chief of Protocol, upon his and his families arrival at Tegel International Airport in Berlin, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. President Barack Obama is opening a 24-hour visit to Germany, the culmination of which will be a speech Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate. Obama will also hold meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other government officials. He arrived in Berlin following a two-day summit of the Group of 8 industrial nations in Northern Ireland.
President Barack Obama and family, from left, daughter Sasha, first lady Michelle Obama, and daughter Malia, arrives at Tegel International Airport in Berlin, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Obama is scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and deliver a speech at the Brandenburg Gate on European and U.S. ties. President Barack Obama is opening a 24-hour visit to Germany, the culmination of which will be a speech Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate. Obama will also hold meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other government officials. He arrived in Berlin following a two-day summit of the Group of 8 industrial nations in Northern Ireland.
The plane transporting German Chancellor Angela Merkel from the G8 summit lands at the tarmac in Berlin. G8 leaders on Tuesday threw their weight behind calls for a peace conference on Syria to be held in Geneva 'as soon as possible', after a summit dominated by the country's civil war. French President Francois Hollande said that Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani would be welcome at Syria peace talks 'if he can be useful'.
ENNISKILLEN, NORTHERN IRELAND - JUNE 18: (L-R) President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (walking behind), Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta and European Council President Herman Van Rumpuy, arrive for the 'family' group photograph at the G8 venue of Lough Erne on June 18, 2013 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. The two day G8 summit, hosted by UK Prime Minister David Cameron, is being held in Northern Ireland for the first time. Leaders from the G8 nations have gathered to discuss numerous topics with the situation in Syria expected to dominate the talks.
Protesters from anti-hunger charity Oxfam wearing masks depicting leaders of Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta pose on a golf course in Enniskillen in Northern Ireland on June 18, 2013 near the venue of the G8 summit at the golfing resort of Lough Erne. World leaders were close to striking a deal on pushing for peace in Syria at the G8 summit on Tuesday as they also tried to reach agreement on cracking down on tax evasion. Deep divisions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the other Group of Eight leaders on Syria have been laid bare at the meeting in Northern Ireland, but they appear to have reached a limited agreement, sources from two Western countries told.
