"US President Barack Obama shares a toast with Putin at a luncheon in New York hosted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in September 2015. ""Amid the inevitable trials and setbacks, may we never relax in our pursuit of progress and may we never abandon the pursuit of peace,"" Obama said before clinking glasses. ""Cheers."" The two, bitterly at odds over issues in Ukraine and Syria, <a href=""http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/28/politics/obama-putin-meeting-syria-ukraine/"" target=""_blank"">had a closed-door meeting</a> later in the day."