Russia’s President Vladimir Putin hosted US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the Kremlin yesterday but the rival powers failed to bridge a deep gap of trust.
In the wake of the meeting Russia then vetoed a US-backed resolution at the UN demanding the Syrian government co-operate with an investigation of a suspected chemical attack that the West blames on Moscow’s ally Bashar al-Assad.
US president Donald Trump’s White House victory had raised hopes in Moscow that some kind of rapprochement was possible between the former Cold War foes.
Trump had spoken warmly of Russia on the campaign trail, but since he came …read more
Source: Gulf times
