Early expectations of an easy rapport between the Trump administration and Russia are crashing into reality as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has a fraught meeting in Moscow beset by escalating allegations over Syria. The first Trump Cabinet official to visit Russia, Tillerson is on a thus-far-futile mission to…
Tonight U.S.Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson makes his first official visit to Moscow, but Russian President Vladimir Putin may not find time to see Washington’s top diplomat tête-à-tête. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitri Peskov was certainly not happy when asked if the president will meet Tillerson. “We have announced no meetings…
Tillerson Visiting Moscow Amid Fresh Tensions.
The newly minted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will be meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov tomorrow in Germany for the first time. “The meeting with Secretary of State Mr Tillerson has been planned and is being prepared” on February 16, when both diplomats will be in Bonn for…
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, anticipates meeting with newly confirmed, U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, soon and hopes to find common ground with the Ukrainian issue. Lavrov confirmed he sees no other way forward except to enforce the Minsk accords. “Europeans and, I hope, Americans confirm it. I am…