Monday, May 15, 2017

Russia's US election interference 'not discussed' during Tillerson/Lavrov talks

The US Secretary of State has defended the Trump administration amid reports that he and other officials did not discuss Russia's meddling in the 2016 elections during face-to-face meetings with with his Russian counterpart.

Sergey Lavrov visited Washington last week the first time since 2013.

Speakng on NBC's Meet the Press Rex Tillerson said there were several topics that needed to be addressed between Washington and Moscow.

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America's top diplomat said thethe relationship between the US and Russia was complex...

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