Sunday, November 12, 2017

Russia Disappointed That There Was No Trump - Putin Meeting In Vietnam

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Kremlin: Kremlin: U.S. to blame for no Putin-Trump bilateral meeting in Vietnam

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Sunday that inflexibility on the part of the United States was to blame for the lack of a bilateral meeting between Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump during a summit in Vietnam.

Trump and Putin met briefly on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam on Saturday and agreed on a joint statement supporting a political solution for Syria, but did not hold substantive bilateral talks.

“Unfortunately the American side did not offer any alternatives despite all efforts of our Russian colleagues. There was only one time offered that was convenient for the American side, and only one place offered, which had already been rented by the Americans,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by the RIA news agency.

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WNU Editor: Relations between Russia and the U.S. are not going to change. Sanctions imposed a few months ago by the U.S. Congress in an overwhelming majority vote has destroyed any possibility of an improvement in U.S - Russian relations for the duration of the Trump Presidency.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

why are sanctions there? who control the House and the Senate? What would it take to get rid of sanctions?