David Cameron will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin today for talks on the Syrian crisis.
The meeting - on the eve of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland - comes as President Barack Obama is preparing to arm the Syrian rebels, saying his administration is convinced the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons against its own people.
Mr Putin has made no secret of his opposition to any move by the West to supply arms to the Syrian opposition.
The Russian president has also reacted sceptically to evidence produced by Britain, France and the US that Bashar al-Assad's regime has used chemical weapons - which crosses President Obama's "red line" for intervention.
Mr Cameron welcomed the US announcement, although he has yet to decide whether to follow the President's lead on supplying arms to the rebels.
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