Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will make his first trip to Russia, arriving in Moscow on Monday and meeting with Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday in Sochi.
It also comes less than a month after special counsel Robert Mueller released his report detailing extensive contacts between the Trump administration and the Russian government, but finding no conspiracy to interfere in the election. A senior State Department official wouldn't say if the long-awaited release of that report is why Pompeo is now ready to head to Moscow. But they told ABC News the trip is a"good opportunity... to take that conversation [with Russia] to a higher level and for a frank exchange of views on where the challenges and opportunities are."
"Where we have concerns, we're going to raise them directly, narrow those differences, and find areas where we can cooperate to protect and advance our interests," the official said, speaking anonymously to brief reporters on behalf of the department. Trump has similarly been slow to criticize Putin's government, from telling Fox News in his first year in office,"You think our country's so innocent?" to denying Russia is involved in Venezuela last Friday. He's also continually cast doubt on the Kremlin's cyber attacks and interference in the 2016 election, infamously saying alongside Putin in Helsinki, Finland:"President Putin says it's not Russia. I don't see any reason why it would be.
Probably a good time for it. I wonder what will come of it
So this is Giulianis replacement to gether dirt in the the Ukraine if they even indicate they want to go to Russia they need their passports rescinded
WE. ARE. NOT. 'POST.' MUELLER. REPORT. That is a GOP talking point, not a statement of news.
Я думаю, советы уже получены...
Ask them why they poisoned that x-spy and his daughter in Salisbury.
Why are we “repairing” relations with Russia? Whatever political affiliation you have, they still meddled in our presidential election and are likely to continue.
Mother Russia scheduled yet another performance review. Don’t worry Mike, you are doing the best you can to destroy America. PutinsGOP TrumpRussia FakePresident
Tomorrow Viktor Orbán will visit Trump. 😉
Russian political tactics wouldn't work in america dudes , you all still have to stand before the man.
Still at it & they say no collusion.
… but didn’t the Mueller report confirm Russian guilt in interfering with the 2016 election? Why are we repairing relations?
Because you should repair relationships when a foreign government is caught interfering electorally in an election instead of condemn them. But I guess when they are needed to win, you do what you can.
JFC! That the main concern is “repairing relations” after the Mueller report is issued that states that RU interfered in the election to benefit trump’s campaign should tell you all you need to know about past and continued collusion.
Pompeo the right man to repair Dem. Espionage with Putin, they did their best with Fake Mueller plot but failed, showing all the more every day.
The mueller report said they interfered. Does repairing relations include confronting them over this. Or just bending Over for them....
Asking for more help?
You mean the relations damaged by the MSM hoax?
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