The President of the United States Donald trump gave Russia information related to terrorism and aviation safety. About the head of state wrote in Twitter.
“As President, I wanted to share with Russia (publicly at a scheduled meeting at the White house) facts related to terrorism and aviation safety. I have every right” he said.
Trump explained that he did it for humanitarian reasons, and also because I would like to see dramatically increased activity of Moscow in the fight against banned in Russia grouping “Islamic state” and terrorists in General. The President did not mention, however, was whether the information secret.
Previously, on 16 may, The Washington Post reported that the American President revealed Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, top-secret information about ISIS.
The newspaper, citing current and former officials says that information is jeopardized by some “the most important foreign source of intelligence” about ISIS, which is not allowed to share this information with Russia. It is also noted that trump allegedly revealed Moscow even more information than its allies.
Later, these data were rejected by the Secretary of state Rex Tillerson and Advisor to the President for national security Herbert McMaster. “The way describes the publication of this meeting is far from the truth. I was present during the conversation. The President and the Minister discussed, in particular, threats to civil aviation. In any form, at any time the actions of the intelligence services was not discussed,” said McMaster.