Tag: Sergey Lavrov

Russia says US asked for advice on dealing with North Korea

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday said that the U.S. asked for Moscow’s advice in approaching this week’s summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The Associated Press reported that Russian state media revealed comments from Lavrov in which he said Moscow believes the U.S. should offer “security guarantees” to Pyongyang in exchange for a deal to abandon its nuclear arsenal.

Lavrov said the U.S. “is even asking our advice, our views on this or that scenario” ahead of the summit.

View the complete February 25 article by Brett Samuels on The Hill website here.

With Awkward Timing, Trump Meets Top Russian Official

So, as an editorial comment prior to posting the following article, how would the Trump supporters and Republicans in Congress have reacted to President Obama meeting with Russian officials who were involved in situations that had his campaign under federal investigation documented only by photos taken by the Russian Foreign Ministry because President Obama refused to allow U.S. photographers in?

The following article by David E. Sanger and Neil MacFarquhar was posted on the New York Times website May 10, 2017:

WASHINGTON — What a day for President Trump’s first face-to-face meeting with a top Russian official.

Only hours after dismissing James B. Comey as director of the F.B.I., amid an investigation into the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russian officials, the president met with Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, at the White House. The Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey I. Kislyak — best known to many Americans as the man who discussed lifting sanctions on Russia with Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser — was also in the Oval Office for the meeting. Continue reading “With Awkward Timing, Trump Meets Top Russian Official”