G20 Summit opens in Buenos Aires: World leaders pose for family photo

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G20 leaders including the presidents of the United States, Russia and China opened summit talks on Friday stalked by the deepest divisions in the group's 10-year history.

Argentine President Mauricio Macri convened the two-day summit in Buenos Aires, which was attended also by Saudi Arabia's beleaguered crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.

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As the leaders sat down for the summit plenary, Russian President Vladimir Putin and bin Salman — both arriving at the meeting under a cloud — greeted each other with an enthusiastic, thumping handshake that resembled a high-five, and hearty laughter.

Several leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May said they would raise the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi during talks with the crown prince on the sidelines of the summit.

Putin arrived in Argentina earlier Friday denouncing the "vicious" use of sanctions and trade protectionism in a veiled swipe at US President Donald Trump.

Trump on Thursday cancelled a planned bilateral with Putin over Russia's naval skirmish with Ukraine in waters near Moscow-annexed Crimea.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the U.S. intention to opt out of a Cold War-era nuclear pact could trigger a new arms race.

Putin spoke in Buenos Aires Friday at a meeting of BRICS country leaders, a grouping that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. He warned that Washington's planned withdrawal from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty "creates risks of uncontrollable arms race."

The Russian leader also called for securing a nuclear deal with Iran despite the U.S. withdrawal from it to "prevent a new round of tensions over the Iranian nuclear program."

Putin hailed the U.S. dialogue with North Korea, but warned Washington against putting ultimatums to Pynogyang, saying that it could thwart the agreements reached.

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has talked with world leaders at a Group of 20 summit clouded by concerns about the gruesome killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Journalists saw the crown prince speaking with French President Emmanuel Macron and others at the summit venue Friday in Buenos Aires.

For Infobae's complete coverage of the Group of 20 summit in Argentina: www.infobae.com/america/g20-summit-2018/