Tillerson says no decision yet on Trump-Putin formal talks

 

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (2nd R) attend bilateral meetings between U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday there has been no decision on whether President Donald Trump will have formal talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the APEC summit in Vietnam which begins later this week.

 

Tillerson, speaking to reporters in Beijing where he is accompanying Trump on his Asia tour, said the question was whether a Trump-Putin meeting would have sufficient substance.

 

(Reporting by Matt Spetalnick; Writing by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Nick Macfie)

 

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14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

there has been no decision on whether President Donald Trump will have formal talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the APEC summit in Vietnam

And none is required.

In any event Trump doesn't seem to have a problem getting a one-on-one 1 hour meeting with Putin without the press' knowledge. Then said not much was discussed.

The better to keep Trump directly away from Putin the better for the security of the US.