U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has some parting advice for Donald Trump as the president-elect tries to improve relations with Russia: Don’t get your hopes up.
Trump is likely to find exceedingly few areas where Washington and Moscow’s interests still align, the outgoing Pentagon chief told POLITICO on Tuesday. And it may be most fruitful to focus on the handful of areas — such as reining in North Korea’s nuclear program and keeping weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of terrorists — where the two sides can work together.
“And stand strong where we can’t,” Carter said.
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Source: European Voice
