Trump officials tell Russia to drop its support for Syria's Assad
Source: The Washington Post
By Carol Morello April 10 at 7:30 AM
Officials in the Trump administration on Sunday demanded that Russia stop supporting the Syrian government or face a further deterioration in its relations with the United States.
Signaling the focus of talks that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is set to have in Moscow this week, officials said that Russia, in propping up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, bears at least partial responsibility for Wednesdays chemical attack on villagers in Idlib province.
I hope Russia is thinking carefully about its continued alliance with Bashar al-Assad, because every time one of these horrific attacks occurs, it draws Russia closer into some level of responsibility, Tillerson said on ABCs This Week.
In advance of Tillersons arrival, the Kremlin said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had no plans to meet with the secretary of state. We have not announced any meetings. A meeting with Tillerson is currently not on the presidents schedule, Putins spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-officials-tell-russia-to-drop-its-support-for-syrias-assad/2017/04/09/c179d3ba-4713-440b-8192-a2838019554d_story.html?tid=pm_world_pop&utm_term=.052c8931b5b6
Cary
(11,746 posts)Crying and stomping their feet?
dalton99a
(81,433 posts)JTFrog
(14,274 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,171 posts)Where Peter Griffin has declared his house an independent nation and has seized his neighbor's pool, and then decides to negotiate with him and the town's mayor:
Peter: OK. After much thought and consideration, I have decided to make a concession or two. First, I will return Joe's pool.
Joe (neighbor): OH YA GOT THAT RIGHT!!!
Peter: But I demand access to it on weekends.
Joe: No.
Peter: Accepted...I also demand to remain my own, independent nation.
Adam (Mayor): Absolutely not.
Peter: Then can I have your pen?
Adam West: Oh you mean this little cheap pen we have millions of back in our office?
Peter: Yeah.
Adam West: No.
C_U_L8R
(44,997 posts)These Trump jokers are something else.
louis-t
(23,288 posts)The Russian Boy Scouts?
Pachamama
(16,886 posts)Wait and watch - this will be the reward