Lavrov Rejects America’s “Hysterical Campaign” Of Interventionism: “We Know All Too Well How This Ends”
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Apr 12, 2017
Well that was awkward. Very clear differences were evident as Russia’s Lavrov and USA’s Tillerson parroted each other’s national perspectives in their opening statements:
Lavrov began with a statement:
*LAVROV: PUTIN MET TILLERSON FOR MORE THAN 2 HOURS
*RUSSIA SEES ATTEMPTS TO INTERFERE W/ U.S.-RUSSIA COOPERATION
*RUSSIA URGES INVESTIGATION INTO SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK: LAVROV
*RUSSIA SEES U.S. READINESS TO SUPPORT UN SYRIA INQUIRY: LAVROV
*PUTIN READY TO RESTORE SYRIA AIR ACCORD W/ U.S.: LAVROV
*RUSSIA, U.S. SHARE COMMON GOAL TO DEFEAT ISLAMIC STATE: LAVROV
*RUSSIA, U.S. AGREE UKRAINE MINSK ACCORD MUST BE MET: LAVROV
*RUSSIA, U.S. CONCERNED BY KOREAN PENINSULA SITUATION: LAVROV
*RUSSIA, U.S. AGREE DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION NEEDED FOR KOREA: LAVROV
Tillerson responded
*TILLERSON CALLS MEETING WITH PUTIN `PRODUCTIVE’
*U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS AT A LOW POINT, TILLERSON SAYS
*POOR TIES BETWEEN U.S. AND RUSSIA CAN’T CONTINUE: TILLERSON
*U.S., RUSSIA BELIEVE IN UNIFIED, STABLE SYRIA: TILLERSON
*U.S., RUSSIA AGREE N. KOREA NEEDS TO DENUCLEARIZE: TILLERSON
*U.S., RUSSIA DIFFER IN BROAD RANGE OF ISSUES: TILLERSON
*U.S., RUSSIA NEED TO END DEGRADATION IN TIES, TILLERSON SAYS
*U.S., RUSSIA WILL CONSIDER NEW PROPOSALS ON SYRIA: TILLERSON
*UKRAINE SITUATION REMAINS OBSTACLE FOR U.S., RUSSIA: TILLERSON
*U.S. CONFIDENT SYRIA EXECUTED GAS ATTACK, TILLERSON SAYS
*ASSAD BROUGHT ON TRUMP CHARACTERIZATION HIMSELF: TILLERSON
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