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Russia Won't 'Beg' for Talks With Trump, Kremlin Aide Says
Source: Bloomberg News
By Ilya Arkhipov
December 4, 2018, 8:00 AM EST
Russia ready to meet, its unclear when U.S. is, Ushakov says
Planned Putin-Trump talks canceled twice in less than a month
Russian President Vladimir Putin still wants to have talks with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump but after two failed attempts to meet in less than a month, its up to Washington to make the first move, according to the Kremlin.
We wont beg the American side or impose ourselves, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters Tuesday in Moscow. Now it all depends on the Americans.
Trump called off planned talks with Putin at last weeks Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires a day before they were due to meet, citing Russias seizure of Ukrainian navy vessels and crew in the Kerch Strait near Crimea. They discussed the naval clash when they met briefly on the sidelines of the summit. The failed meeting followed the cancellation of talks planned for Paris Nov. 11 during commemorations for the centenary of the end of World War I.
I would underline that theres no offense taken, just regret, over Trumps refusal to meet Putin in Argentina, Ushakov said. The two sides have serious disagreements on issues such as strategic stability that require discussion, and while Russia understands that U.S. officials want to meet, its unclear when, he said.
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Russia Won't 'Beg' for Talks With Trump, Kremlin Aide Says (Original Post)
DonViejo
Dec 2018
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underpants
(182,632 posts)1. Kind of going out of their way to prop Trump up
or maybe that's just me
The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)4. Agreed
In normal times everyone would call this "odd". Since we aren't in normal all we can say is that this is "expected".
dansolo
(5,376 posts)5. Quite the opposite
They are making Trump beg for a meeting.
Le Gaucher
(1,547 posts)2. All it has do is summon it's lap dog.
Toorich
(391 posts)3. No begging involved....
.... they'll talk when Putin is damn good and ready, as usual.