Day: July 22, 2017

Jeff Sessions The Russian Ambassador in Washington Sergey Kislyak in 2016, discussed the current campaign of the US President Donald trump with his Advisor, now attorney General of the country Jeff Sessom. On Friday, July 21, writes The Washington Post. The newspaper’s sources in the us intelligence community claimed that they had intercepted two conversations between Kislyak and Sessom, which dealt with the election campaign trump. In particular, Kislyak and sessions discussed the position of the trump in Russia and prospects of bilateral relations between States, say interlocutors of The Washington Post. March 1, WP posted the material in which it was alleged that the sessions held two meetings with Kislyak a few months before the US presidential elections, which took place in November 2016. After that, the leaders of the Democrats in the U.S. Congress urged and Roman sessions to resign. The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria

Raymond Thomas The United States has no legitimate reason to be in Syria, where Washington without the permission of Damascus conducting military operations. On Friday, July 21, said us General Raymond Thomas, RIA Novosti reported. “The day is near when the Russians will say: “Why are you still in Syria, the United States?”. They were already close to it. We went in there justified, but if the Russians will play this card, then when we want to stay, will not be able to do that,” said Thomas. On 20 July, the Director of the CIA Mike Pompeo said that Russia is involved in Syrian Affairs, in particular, because “he wants to annoy the US”. According to the American, he has no clear evidence that Moscow is actually seeking to defeat the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia). The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, commenting

Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani publicly condemned the boycott, which Doha has announced several Arab countries, and hoped for the settlement of disputes between States. On Friday, July 21, according to Al Jazeera. The head of Qatar said that his country is open to dialogue to resolve existing problems, but only with respect to other States to the sovereignty of Qatar. He also stressed that the boycott is “a planned campaign to demonize Qatar in the eyes of the world”. He believes that the plan announced that it would boycott countries failed because “the people of the Emirate showed high morale”. Al-Thani added that “Qatar is an uncompromising struggle against terrorism, which found international recognition.” 22 Jun Qatar gave a list of 13 demands, which included the closure of the TV channel Al Jazeera and the Turkish military base, the cessation of