Continued: the Kremlin said that Moscow is ready to continue the fight against ISIS without the help of the United States
The President of the United States Donald trump is thinking about how to put a deal with Russia in the joint fight against terrorist organization “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia). This was reported by the Associated Press, citing sources in the presidential administration.
They explained that such a decision may be taken due to “recent provocations of Moscow.” Furthermore, the scepticism towards cooperation with Russia due to the growing influence of high-ranking members of the administration, not configured for cooperation with Russia — we are talking about the Minister of defence James Mattis and Advisor to trump on national security Herbert McMaster.
According to the Agency, doubts about the feasibility to establish cooperation with Russia arise for trump amid charges U.S. attorney General Jeff and Roman sessions in secret meetings with representatives of Moscow.
Earlier on March 2, U.S. President Donald trump said that “fully” trusts Sensu, and his criticism was called a witch hunt. At the same time, he noted that he was not aware of the contacts of the attorney General with the Russian Ambassador.
On March 1, the Washington Post posted the material in which it was alleged that the sessions held two meetings with the Russian Ambassador several months before the US presidential elections, which took place in November 2016. In January, at the hearings in the Senate about his approval to the post of Prosecutor General sessions did not mention it.
Democratic leaders in Congress urged and Roman sessions to resign. The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova called approval of the media about the relationship of U.S. attorney General with the Russian Ambassador media bottom.