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   He's out of step with almost everyone these days:  Premiers of the   
   provinces, the Supreme Court, the United States, the UN,  and nearly 75%   
   of Canadians.  Here he goes again, with the other leaders of the G7 . . . .   
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   Global News  -  June 6, 2014   
      
   EXCLUSIVE: Harper out of step with other G7 leaders on meeting Putin   
      
      
   While other G7 leaders softened their stances towards Russian President   
   Vladimir Putin on Friday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper hardened his line.   
      
   “I’m not meeting with Mr. Putin and neither is President Obama,” Harper   
   said in an exclusive interview airing Sunday on The West Block with Tom   
   Clark.   
      
   But Harper appeared caught off guard. Shortly after his interview with   
   Clark, the White House and the Kremlin both confirmed U.S. President   
   Barack Obama met with Putin briefly on the sidelines of a leaders’ lunch   
   in Normandy, France.   
      
   Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Obama and Putin had exchanged   
   views about the situation in Ukraine and the crisis in the eastern   
   region of the country, where Ukrainian forces have been fighting   
   pro-Russian insurgents.   
      
   “Putin and Obama spoke for the need to end violence and fighting as   
   quickly as possible,” Peskov said.   
      
   Other world leaders including French President Francois Hollande, German   
   Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron and   
   Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko also met with Putin while   
   attending D-Day ceremonies in Normandy, France.   
      
   Harper said the issue of whether to meet with Putin was discussed at   
   length at G7 meetings in Brussels, Belgium just days before.   
      
   “I think what we all agreed is that in meetings with Mr. Putin, the   
   messages should be very clear and only those messages should be   
   delivered,” he said. “And those messages are very straightforward: get   
   out of occupied territory, stop fomenting violence and other provocative   
   behaviour, and recognize and work with the new government of Ukraine on   
   the economy and on trade, and on things that unite people.”   
      
   Harper went on to describe Putin as a man who will act with impunity,   
   but backed away from earlier comparisons to the Second World War.   
      
   “This is an individual who clearly believes that if he’s able, he has   
   the right and the ability, to invade another country, to alter borders   
   through military force,” he said. “You know we’re not at Hitleresque   
   proportions, but this is really disconcerting.  This is a major power   
   threatening global peace and security in this way and I don’t think it’s   
   to be taken lightly.”   
      
   Following Friday’s ceremonies in France, Harper will travel to Ukraine   
   to attend Saturday’s swearing-in of the country’s new president and to   
   affirm Canadian support against Russian aggression.   
      
   The full interview with Prime Minister Stephen Harper airs Sunday on The   
   West Block with Tom Clark on Global News at noon Atlantic, 11 a.m.   
   Eastern and Central, and 10 a.m. Mountain and Pacific.   
      
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