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    Kremlin: Putin won’t meet with Tillerson Wednesday

    The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan on meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson when he visits Moscow on Wednesday.

    “We have not announced any such meetings and right now there is no meeting with Tillerson in the president’s diary,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters during a Monday conference call, according to Reuters.

    The decision to not receive Tillerson could raise tensions between the U.S. and Russia following the American airstike on Syria. The Trump administration launched a missile strike last week in response to a chemical attack officials attributed to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces.

    Russia has been a staunch backer of Assad during the country's civil war, and Peskov said Monday that it would not abandon that support.

    "Returning to pseudo-attempts to resolve the crisis by repeating mantras that Assad must step down cannot help sort things out,” Peskov said.
    According to media reports, Tillerson could use his Russia trip to push the Kremlin to back away from Assad.

    Tillerson is still expected to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, his direct counterpart, during his stop in Moscow, according to Reuters.

    Peskov did not specify why Putin would not meet Tillerson during his first journey to Russia as secretary of State.
    http://thehill.com/policy/internatio...rson-wednesday

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    Trump and Tillerson caused alot of concerns amoung their (only!) allies when Tillerson announced he was canceling a planned meeting with the NATO states in favour of his meetings in Russia.

    Now just see how fast they'll lickup to their insulted allies again.
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    Isn't there a Secretary of Russia? Tillerson's Russian equivalent?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hubcap View Post
    Isn't there a Secretary of Russia? Tillerson's Russian equivalent?
    You mean a Secretary of Foreign Affairs?
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    Russians are so rude!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hubcap View Post
    Isn't there a Secretary of Russia? Tillerson's Russian equivalent?
    Yes, Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hombregato View Post
    Russians are so rude!
    No man, Russia is your friend!
    "The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adolecent View Post
    Trump and Tillerson caused alot of concerns amoung their (only!) allies when Tillerson announced he was canceling a planned meeting with the NATO states in favour of his meetings in Russia.

    Now just see how fast they'll lickup to their insulted allies again.
    This is just bad political acting to distract from Trump's multiple investigations, I feel sorry for the poor suckers who are actually buying into this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Draco-Onis View Post
    This is just bad political acting to distract from Trump's multiple investigations, anyone who thinks that Trump and Putin are at odds is not very good at spotting bad acting.
    Mabey. Or Trump really got played like a fool.

    Either way: Russia isn't a friend of the USA.
    "The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."

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