The Herald G7: Tillerson brought Putin the collective demand of the West to hand over al-Assad
U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson arrived in Moscow with summit colleagues in the seven most developed countries, which instructed him to bring to Vladimir Putin the common requirement to stop supporting Syrian leader.
This writes Reuters.com.
At a meeting in Italy with counterparts from the G7 countries and the middle East together allies urged Moscow to stop helping Bashar al-Assad, especially given that shook the world the chemical attack, which killed children and peaceful adults. But the Ministers of the countries “the seven” failed to agree on sanctions against Moscow over the events in Syria, but urged the Kremlin to “stop the hypocrisy” and to cooperate with other States to put an end claimed almost half a million lives a six-year civil war.
Decisive action trump, last week, hit the “Tomahawks” on the Syrian air base in response to the deaths of 87 people against chemical weapons, immediately increased the tension in relations between Washington and Moscow.
Putin has steadfastly supported Assad, who denies the allegations. “It is clear to us that the rule of the Assad family came to an end,” said Tillerson to reporters before his departure from Italy. “We hope that the Russian authorities will come to the conclusion that in the face of Bashar al-Assad found an unreliable partner”.
The Secretary of state accused Russia of failing to fulfill its 2013 obligation to ensure the elimination of Syria’s chemical Arsenal. “These agreements gave Russia the role of guarantor of the withdrawal of the Syrian chemical weapons,” he said. “It is unclear whether Russia has failed to take these obligations seriously, whether they discovered their incompetence. But dead already anyway. And we can’t let that happen again”.
Empowering the Secretary of state the role of a Herald of the “Big seven” – a turning point in foreign policy trump, who has sown anxiety among partners of Washington’s affection for Putin and doubts about the cooperation with its traditional allies.
Tillerson, a former boss of the oil company Exxon Mobil, which leads the giant projects in Russia. Putin in 2013 awarded him the order of Friendship. Tillerson will meet with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday.
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Western countries have called on Assad to leave power in 2011, when it started, which killed at least 400,000 lives a civil war that gave birth to the world’s largest refugee crisis.
We will remind, Tillerson urged the Russian Federation to decide who she wants to be a ally with America or the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iran and the Islamist organization Hezbollah. Reported by the Associated Press.
Earlier the journalist of “voice of America” Steve Herman reported that the meeting with Putin gone from the schedule Tillerson’s state visit to Moscow. Yesterday evening, Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not meet with Tillerson on April 12. He did not say why Putin had not planned to meet with Tillerson.
This move may indicate a growing tension between the US and Russia after the Americans struck a missile attack on Syrian air base in response to a chemical attack the Syrian government on 4 April in the town of Khan shaykhun, in which killed and injured hundreds of innocent Syrians, including women and children.
On the eve of visit to Russia Tillerson spoke by phone with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.