Obama joins summit in Turkey clouded by Paris attacks


  • World
  • Sunday, 15 Nov 2015

U.S. President Barack Obama disembarks Air Force One after arriving at Antalya International Airport in Antalya, Turkey, for the G20 summit November 15, 2015. - Reuters

ANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 15, 2015 (AFP) - US President Barack Obama landed in a heavily guarded Turkish resort on the Mediterranean Sunday to join a summit clouded by the Paris assaults claimed by Islamic State jihadists.

Air Force One landed at 7am (0500 GMT) at the airport of Antalya, a holiday destination bristling with 12,000 police and multiple security checkpoints to guard leaders of the Group of 20 top economies, who officially kick off a two-day meeting Sunday.

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