Sergey Lavrov was speaking at a news conference with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto.
'We
have been following the situation in the US,' Lavrov said. 'We can see
that many of the major foreign policy issues that Donald Trump has
mentioned overlap with what President Putin has been saying about
Russia's foreign policy priorities.
'Donald
Trump seems to focus on advancing the United States' core interests
rather than promoting various ideas and interfering in other countries'
internal affairs. This is actually the essence of Russia's foreign
policy.'
Russian
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday that President Donald
Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin see eye-to-eye on foreign
affairs
Lavrov added that Russia and Trump
share the goal of defeating Islamic State. He called the fight against
ISIS 'a major priority' for both the United States and Russia.
Lavrov said, however, that he wants to
wait until Trump's team is 'completely formed' and the administration
'officially clarifies its position on the main global issues' before
moving forward,
TASS reported.
Larvrov said that he wants to wait until Trump's team is 'completely formed' before speaking with the administration
The
foreign minister said that the Obama Administration formed some 'red
flags and minefields' before leaving office, making communication
between Moscow and Washington, DC, 'seriously complicated'.
He said Russia is ready to bring relations between the countries 'back to normal'.
'It
will only be possible if relations are based on equality, mutual
respect and the search for the balance of interests in the fields where
we have common goals, such as the war on terror,' he added.
Trump,
who has praised Putin, has signaled he wants to improve strained ties
with Russia despite US intelligence agencies alleging the Kremlin chief
ordered a cyber campaign to help him beat rival Hillary Clinton to the
White House.
Russia denies it tried to
sway the US election by hacking or other means. It has also dismissed as
a fabrication a dossier written by a former British spy which suggested
Moscow had collected compromising information about Trump.
Lavrov
dismissed the dossier's author, Christopher Steele, as 'a fugitive
charlatan from MI6' and said the dossier looked like part of a campaign
to cause problems for Trump and his allies. Putin last week called the
same dossier a hoax.
While cautioning
that the new US administration would need to settle in before wider
conclusions could be drawn, Lavrov signalled he was encouraged by the
tenor of the Trump team's statements so far which he said suggested it
would be possible to have a pragmatic relationship.
Lavrov was speaking at a news conference with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto on Monday
'Trump
has a particular set of views which differ a lot from his predecessor,'
said Lavrov, who accused the Obama administration of wrecking
co-operation across a swath of areas and of trying to recruit Russian
diplomats as agents.
'By concentrating on a pragmatic search for mutual interests we can solve a lot of problems.'
On
Tuesday, Putin took a parting shot at the Obama administration accusing
it of trying to undermine Trump's legitimacy with fake allegations and
'binding the president-elect hand and foot to prevent him from
fulfilling his election promises'.
Putin
voiced hope that 'common sense will prevail' and Russia and the United
States will be able to normalize relations once Trump takes office
Friday.
'I don't know Mr Trump,' Putin
said. 'I have never met him and I don't know what he will do on the
international arena. I have no reason whatsoever to assail him,
criticize him for something, or defend him.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4147898/Russian-foreign-minister-says-Trump-Putin-agree.html
6 comments:
Wow! 2 world leaders that actually8 have some common sense. What's this world coming to?
Nobody has common sense in this country until they realize the Mainstream Media is a corporate fiction and the government is a guaranteed corporate fiction.
All owned and controlled by the Federal Reserve System like scholars warned....It isn't an exaggeration. It is a reality. And until it is no doubt audited and dismantled, it will continue to be destroying everything.
JUST REMEMBER THERE IS A REAL TRUMP THAT IS STILL ALIVE AND HIS CLONE THAT IS SEEN THE MOST....AND..... THERE IS ONLY A CLONE OF PUTIN, AS THE REAL PUTIN DIED A FEW YEARS AGO....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-24/trump-sign-executive-order-restricting-immigration-seven-nations
DON'T pay any IRS fines for not having Obamacare!! SEE This: Pres Trump Signs Orders Not To Enforce Obamacare Mandate? - Andrew Napolitano - America's Newsroom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5CqNbqTCR0
A good ‘final word’ about the Obama’s – at least until ‘Barry’s’ arrest: JUDGE JEANINE PIRRO GOES ‘IN’ ON MICHELLE OBAMA IN OPENING STATEMENT! — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFq3TQsIccw
Never forget: Joan Rivers outed Michelle aka Michael on TMZ as a tranny. “All of Hollywood knows.” Two months later, Joan was dead.
No one remembers Obama at Columbia Univ. No one has seen baby or any early photographs of ‘their girls’ – now reportedly they were bought from some Chicago doctor friend, who the kids resemble. Even at two press conferences, one before military generals, Obama referred to “Michael and me”.
How can the DNC get away with foisting imposters on us. Or the RNC for the Bushs, who are banned from ever holding any USA office due to the Hitler-supporting war profitteering Prescott Bush ( actually Shref(f) ), Senior’s dad. The stench of this DC swamp is overwhelming. Trump has one hell of a job to do.
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