Henry Kissinger
Former U.S. Secretary of state Henry Kissinger did not offer himself as a mediator for the organization of meetings between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his us counterpart Donald trump. This was reported by the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday, June 30, the correspondent “Tapes.ru”.
“Not tried, it didn’t happen”, — he told, answering a corresponding question of journalists. Peskov stressed that Putin’s meeting with Kissinger was of a private nature.
He recalled that the former head of the Department of state arrived in Moscow to participate in the scientific-expert forum “Primakov’s reading.” “In continuation of long-standing contacts traditionally, the President and former Secretary of state used this coincidence in the schedules for personal meetings,” — said the press Secretary of the head of state.
On 29 June it was reported that the Russian leader took a 93-year-old American policy in the Kremlin. What topics they discussed during the meeting is unknown.
In may, trump discussed with Kissinger’s relations with Moscow and the situation in Syria. At the end of last year, the Bild newspaper wrote that he will develop for us President plan to normalize relations with Russia.
Henry Kissinger American statesman, diplomat and expert in international relations. In 1969-1975 years he held the post of national security Advisor of the United States, and from 1973 to 1977 he headed the state Department. Kissinger is regarded as the initiator of the policy of “detente” in relations between the US and the USSR. In 1973 he was awarded the Nobel peace prize.