The Washington Post is reporting that President Obama’s pre-summit meetings with the leaders of Russia and China have produced concrete results. With Russia, Obama has agreed to start new arms-reduction talks designed to lead to a treaty reducing offensive nuclear weapons; and, with China, Obama has agreed to start new strategic and economic dialogues aimed at greater security consultation and economic and finance policy cooperation between the two countries. Aside from these very specific agreements, the meeting with Russia resulted in vague statements (as expected) on possible future cooperation on such thorny topics as missile defense and the Iranian nuclear program. Tomorrow will be a full day of summit talks and negotiations ending in a final communique and press conference. For more information on the G20 Summit, see the official summit website, which provides background information on the history of the group and its official publications as well as providing video from the finance ministers summit.
