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Related: About this forumTillerson breaks protocol by meeting Turkey's Erdogan without translator
Source: CNN
Tillerson breaks protocol by meeting Turkey's Erdogan without translator
By Nicole Gaouette
Updated 2246 GMT (0646 HKT) February 15, 2018
(CNN) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met for more than three and a half hours of tough discussions with Turkish leaders in an attempt to ease increasing tensions with a key NATO ally -- but without a translator or policy aides.
The meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, who translated, was highly unusual because Tillerson reportedly wasn't accompanied by an American translator, any aides or a note-taker.
Asked about the unusual nature of the meeting, a State Department official said Tillerson has "met before with President Erdogan, and he's okay with the foreign minister doing the translation. They have a good, strong working relationship. "
But former State Department officials said the meeting strayed from normal protocol.
"If the meeting is not conducted in English, it is foolhardy in the extreme not to have at his side a State Department translator, who can ensure that Mr. Tillerson's points are delivered accurately and with the proper emphasis," said former State Department spokesman and CNN diplomatic and military analyst John Kirby.
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By Nicole Gaouette
Updated 2246 GMT (0646 HKT) February 15, 2018
(CNN) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met for more than three and a half hours of tough discussions with Turkish leaders in an attempt to ease increasing tensions with a key NATO ally -- but without a translator or policy aides.
The meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, who translated, was highly unusual because Tillerson reportedly wasn't accompanied by an American translator, any aides or a note-taker.
Asked about the unusual nature of the meeting, a State Department official said Tillerson has "met before with President Erdogan, and he's okay with the foreign minister doing the translation. They have a good, strong working relationship. "
But former State Department officials said the meeting strayed from normal protocol.
"If the meeting is not conducted in English, it is foolhardy in the extreme not to have at his side a State Department translator, who can ensure that Mr. Tillerson's points are delivered accurately and with the proper emphasis," said former State Department spokesman and CNN diplomatic and military analyst John Kirby.
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Tillerson breaks protocol by meeting Turkey's Erdogan without translator (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2018
OP
He doesnt have a clue what he is doing, but then he really isnt working on our behalf anyway
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2018
#2
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)1. From one turkey to another............
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)2. He doesnt have a clue what he is doing, but then he really isnt working on our behalf anyway
His job is to sell oil, period
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)3. Interesting to say the least.
Syrian Kurds?
Sedona
(3,769 posts)4. What a fucking moron!
Maine-i-acs
(1,499 posts)5. They're evading sanctions imposed on Iran, best to do that in secret. nt