Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit, in Hamburg. A US-Russia-brokered truce for southern Syria, brokered by the U.S. and Russia is being met with ire by Israel. (AP/Evan Vucci)
Russian foreign policy makers have slammed Israel’s latest statements condemning the recently agreed ceasefire in south-western Syria between Russia, the United States and Jordan.
Russian foreign policy makers have slammed Israel’s latest statements condemning the recently agreed ceasefire in south-western Syria between Russia, the United States and Jordan.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called the US seizure of Russian embassy property in the United States, “daylight robbery”. He added,
“It looks like some highway thieves are commenting on this situation”.
He implicated the Obama administration as guilty of trying to make thigns more difficult for Donald Trump via their preferred target, Russia.
Lavrov stated,
“…how else they (Obama officials) could ruin (Moscow’s) relations with Washington in such a way that the Trump administration would fail to restore them”.
During his press conference following his meeting with President Macron, US President Trump spoke with hope and some pride about the ceasefire in southern Syria he agreed with Russian President Putin during their meeting on the margins of the G20 summit
Here is what President Trump said
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke earlier about the steps that Russia, the US and Jordan are taking to finalise the deals for the creation of de-escalation zone in areas of south western Syria covered by the recently agreed upon ceasefire. He also spoke of how the guarantors will in communication with both Syrian forces and their enemies from an operations centre to be based in Amman.
Sergey Lavrov was speaking in Belgium when he was asked about the latest ring to be added to the American political circus involving Russia. This time it’s all about Donald Trump Jr. speaking with a Russian lawyer who does not now, nor has she ever had any connections to any government.
Lavrov stated,
As Russia threatens to expel US diplomats from the Russian Federation in retaliation for the still unresolved and unatoned for expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats and embassy workers (including chefs) and the seizure of Russian property in the US by order of Barack Obama in his last month in office, the biggest question is not why but why now?
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed feelings of outrage and disappointment that Russian embassy properties in America have been effectively seized by US authorities. It came as part of the measures Barack Obama took in his final full month in office when 35 Russian embassy workers were also expelled from the United States.
The issue was discussed during Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin. Trump said that he will work with Russia to solve the crisis created by Obama in an expedient fashion.
Rex Tillerson has given an audio interview to reporters after the lengthy meeting between Presidents Trump and Putin which both Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended.
Tillerson spoke of how after getting to know one another, Trump and Putin became immersed in a thoroughly engaging conversation.
Tillerson gave the following description of why the meeting lasted so long,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has given a detailed explanation of what was discussed during the meeting between himself, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Rex Tilleron. The meeting which was supposed to last for 35 minutes went on for 2 hours and 20 minutes.
Here are the main points.
1. Syria
