The reasons for firing U.S.Secretary of State Rex Tillerson remain publicly unknown, nourishing the wildest theories about the motives behind the twist in his career. OPINION: Why was Rex Tillerson fired? Think North Korea (via @FoxNewsOpinion) https://t.co/1ny9rirgfa — Fox News (@FoxNews) March 13, 2018 Shortly afterwards the decision of dismissal of one of the closest…
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Tillerson “disappointed” by EU policy towards Iran
President Donald Trump and his administration are “disappointed” in the European Union for not doing more to support Iran anti-government protests, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said. Trump administration condemns EU over its stance on Iran protests https://t.co/R4FTH31PJZ — The Independent (@Independent) January 7, 2018 “We’re disappointed that the European Union has not taken a more definitive…
Tillerson attends Foreign Affairs Council
Today Foreign affairs ministers have an informal meeting with the US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson in Brussels. The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, EU foreign ministers and the US State Secretary are discussing how to strengthen transatlantic cooperation on major global challenges. In his statement the U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said…
Rex Tillerson to visit NATO HQ in Brussels
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Brussels (Belgium) Vienna (Austria), and Paris (France) on December 4-8. On December 4, he will arrive in Brussels, where he will meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and attend the December 5-6 NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting. While in Brussels, he will also meet with senior…
Tillerson condemns bigotry
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued a forceful condemnation of “bigotry in all its forms” and called for national reconciliation as he promised to work toward making the government more racially diverse. Tillerson remarks to State Department interns and fellows, dozens of whom were recruited through programs targeting minority candidates, followed the backlash from…
Lavrov expressed good will to co-operate with USA
Russia is ready to normalize relations with the United States and to cooperate on major global issues, Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a phone call. Lavrov told Tillerson that Moscow’s decision to cut U.S. diplomatic staff in Russia was prompted by “a number of Washington’s hostile…
Trump looks forward to ‘positive things’
U.S. President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that it was an “honor” to meet him for the first time and said he looked forward to “positive things” in the relationship between two states. The face-to-face encounter between Trump and Putin at a Group of 20 summit in Germany was one of…
Trump-Putin for ceasefire in Syria
The US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for over two hours in the afternoon, discussing a range of international issue, and ending with an agreement on curbing violence in Syria, according to the US diplomatic sources. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters after the session the ceasefire was a “defined…
Lavrov’ visit to Washington
Moscow and Washington can and should solve global issues together, Lavrov said following his meetings with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and US President Donald Trump. “I had a bilateral meeting with Rex Tillerson, then the two of us were received by President Trump,” the Russian top diplomat said. “We discussed, first and foremost, our…
Tillerson’s visit as a glimpse of hope
Anna van Densky, OPINION The reception of State Secretary Rext Tillerson in Kremlin gives hope that the superpower leaders are prepared to assume their responsibilities towards global community, and stabilize the rapidly deteriorated US-Russia relations. The high expectations of Russians did not come true – the change of the administration did not bring a major…
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