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Related: About this forumUS denies that Rex Tillerson was too tired to attend South Korea meetings
LBN thread: Tillerson leaves South Korea event early due to "fatigue," but U.S. media isn't there to report
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Source: The Guardian
US denies that Rex Tillerson was too tired to attend South Korea meetings
South Korean media say secretary of state pulled out because of fatigue
State department says no joint meal had been scheduled with local officials
Julian Borger in Washington
Friday 17 March 2017 22.32 GMT
The state department has denied a report that Rex Tillerson pulled out of meetings with South Korean officials because of fatigue.
A report on the Korea Herald news site said that the US secretary of state had shortened diplomatic consultations and public events in Seoul and chosen not to have a meal with Hwang Kyo-ahn, the South Korean acting president, and Yun Byung-se, the countrys foreign minister.
The report compared unfavourably Tillersons visit to South Korea with his meetings with Japanese officials, with whom he dined in Tokyo on the previous stop of a three-leg Asian trip.
The state department said the report that Tillerson had been too tired to hold extended meetings was untrue, adding that no joint meal had been scheduled on the Seoul leg of the trip.
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South Korean media say secretary of state pulled out because of fatigue
State department says no joint meal had been scheduled with local officials
Julian Borger in Washington
Friday 17 March 2017 22.32 GMT
The state department has denied a report that Rex Tillerson pulled out of meetings with South Korean officials because of fatigue.
A report on the Korea Herald news site said that the US secretary of state had shortened diplomatic consultations and public events in Seoul and chosen not to have a meal with Hwang Kyo-ahn, the South Korean acting president, and Yun Byung-se, the countrys foreign minister.
The report compared unfavourably Tillersons visit to South Korea with his meetings with Japanese officials, with whom he dined in Tokyo on the previous stop of a three-leg Asian trip.
The state department said the report that Tillerson had been too tired to hold extended meetings was untrue, adding that no joint meal had been scheduled on the Seoul leg of the trip.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/17/rex-tillerson-south-korea-fatigue-denial
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US denies that Rex Tillerson was too tired to attend South Korea meetings (Original Post)
Eugene
Mar 2017
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C_U_L8R
(44,893 posts)1. So Rex is not tired...
He's just a rude ungracious guest.
He should have stuck with tired.
Tanuki
(14,893 posts)2. The problem is that this sociopathic administration lies about
anything and everything. They have no credibility. Why should we believe a State Department mouthpiece for Rex Tillerson on this matter?
Docreed2003
(16,817 posts)3. Exactly...the lies have piled up so heavily...
Everything they say has to be questioned. It's appalling and infuriating and it will/has diminished our status in the world. This is what happens when the amateurs are in control.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)4. He's so used to corporate pampering that he can't
take the State Dept pace -- doesn't measure up to Sec. Hillary.