British Prime Minister David Cameron and Russian President Vladimir Putin reached a solution on the Syrian crisis following pressing discussions to formulate a plan to transition away from Bashar Al Assad's government on Tuesday.
The conversation took place over a dinner meeting hosted by Cameron in hopes of alleviating tensions between the two world leaders and place a greater focus on the human condition.
According to the London Evening Standard, Putin agreed to negotiate with Assad to send high members of his government to join in on the peace talks. In turn, the other G-8 participants would begin talks with the rebel forces to get them to start the conversation with the Assad regime for a chance to end the civil war.
Putin agreed to work with Cameron and the other leaders as long as Cameron and the rest understood he would not be asking Assad to step down and that his resignation would not be a precondition to peace talks, reports The Standard.
The dinner took place in a luxury resort, and was casual with talks lasting until about 11 p.m. Eight leaders, plus the president of the EU and European Commission were present.
Cameron came out of the meeting and told the media that the talks were "encouraging." Even taking to Twitter to say: "I chaired an encouraging working dinner on Syria last night. More details on that and significant developments on tax later today."
At least 93,000 people have lost their lives since the conflict began, putting the pressure on peace talks at an all-time high, but the leaders seemed to be coming out of the G-8 pleased.
"I did see the Prime Minister last night and he was, I think, positive about what had been achieved at the dinner on Syria," said Chancelor George Osbourne to the publication. "And in the end you can't host an event like this and expect not to talk about the issue that's top of people's minds."
The final summit press conference will take place Tuesday night and will call for an additional meeting to take place in Geneva in the future, to plan for a more stable government in Syria.
