Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Moscow next Wednesday for a meeting with Russian officials, including the Kremlin’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov.
Tillerson plans to discuss issues including Ukraine, North Korea, Syria, and counterterrorism with the officials while in Moscow, according to the State Department.
The “trip is part of our effort to maintain direct lines of communication with senior Russian officials and to ensure U.S. views are clearly conveyed, including on next steps in Minsk implementation,†the department said in a statement.
Tillerson’s trip to Russia comes as U.S. intelligence officials continue to investigate the Kremlin’s suspected attempts to interfere …read more
Source: European Voice
