WASHINGTON: The White House has rejected a Vladimir Putin-backed effort to hold a referendum in eastern Ukraine at the region's long run, distancing itself from the idea in the aftermath of President Donald Trump's controversial summit with the Russian chief.
Russia's ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, stated the 2 leaders had mentioned the potential for a referendum in separatist-leaning eastern Ukraine during their Helsinki summit.
But Trump's National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis stated Friday that agreements between Russia and the Ukrainian government for resolving the battle in the Donbas region don't include one of these choice and any effort to organize a "so-called referendum" would have "no legitimacy."
The back-and-forth got here because the White House defined the time table for a proposed 2d summit between Trump and Putin — in Washington this autumn — that will focUS on nationwide security. Moscow signaled its openness to a 2d formal meeting between the 2 leaders as criticism of Trump over his first primary consultation together with his Russian counterpart stored up in the United States
Trump left the White House for his New Jersey golf club for the weekend. Once he were given there, he returned to Twitter to whinge about information protection of Monday's meeting.
"I got severely criticized by the Fake News Media for being too nice to President Putin," he tweeted. "In the Old Days they would call it Diplomacy. If I was loud & vicious, I would have been criticized for being too tough."
A White House official stated the following Trump-Putin meeting would address nationwide security considerations they mentioned in Helsinki, including Russian meddling. The official didn't specify if that supposed Russia's interference in US elections. The official, who spoke on situation of anonymity to discuss making plans, stated the talks would also duvet nuclear proliferation, North Korea, Iran and Syria.
One forestall Putin nearly without a doubt won't make is Capitol Hill.
House Democratic chief Nancy Pelosi instructed House Speaker Paul Ryan to shed light on that Putin would not be invited to address Congress if he visits Washington.
She stated Trump's "frightened fawning over Putin is an embarrassment and a grave threat to our democracy."
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a sunnier view of the likely 2d get-together.
He stated on the United Nations he was once "happy that the two leaders of two very important countries are continuing to meet. If that meeting takes place in Washington, I think it is all to the good. Those conversations are incredibly important."
It was once now not clear whether this type of meeting would take place prior to or after the November congressional elections in the United States
A White House meeting can be a dramatic extension of legitimacy to the Russian chief, who has long been isolated by way of the West for actions in Ukraine, Syria and beyond and is assumed to have interfered in the 2016 presidential election that sent Trump to the presidency. No Russian chief has visited the White House in nearly a decade.
US officials have been mum on what, if anything else, the 2 leaders agreed to in Helsinki during a two-hour, one-on-one meeting. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats stated Thursday he had but to be briefed at the private consultation.
The Russian government has been relatively more drawing close.
"This issue (of a referendum) was discussed," Antonov stated, adding that Putin made "concrete proposals" to Trump on answers for the four-year, Russian-backed insurgency in eastern Ukraine, which has killed greater than 10,000 other people. He didn't elaborate on what Putin's answers can be.
The transfer may be noticed as an effort to sidestep European peace efforts for Ukraine and building up the force at the Ukrainian government in its protracted battle with pro-Russian separatists in the Donbas region.
In a sign of fortify for the Ukraine government, the Pentagon stated Friday it will provide $200 million in more coaching, equipment and advisory assistance to Ukraine's military.
Trump tweeted Thursday that he looked ahead a "second meeting" with Putin and defended his efficiency at Monday's summit, through which the 2 leaders conferred on a range of problems including terrorism, Israeli security, nuclear proliferation and North Korea.
"There are many answers, some easy and some hard, to these problems ... but they can ALL be solved!" Trump tweeted.
In Moscow, Antonov stated it is very important "deal with the results" of the first summit prior to leaping too speedy into a new one. But he stated, "Russia was always open to such proposals."
The White House continues to be trying to clean up post-summit Trump statements on Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump's public doubting of Russia's accountability in a joint information conference with Putin on Monday provoked withering criticism from Republicans in addition to Democrats and forced the president to make an extraordinary public admission of error.
Then on Thursday, the White House stated Trump "disagrees" with Putin's be offering to allow US wondering of 12 Russians who have been indicted for election interference in change for Russian interviews with the previous US ambassador to Russia and other Americans the Kremlin accuses of unspecified crimes. Trump to start with had described the idea as an "incredible offer."
The White House back off got here simply prior to the Senate voted overwhelmingly in opposition to the idea.
Russia's ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, stated the 2 leaders had mentioned the potential for a referendum in separatist-leaning eastern Ukraine during their Helsinki summit.
But Trump's National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis stated Friday that agreements between Russia and the Ukrainian government for resolving the battle in the Donbas region don't include one of these choice and any effort to organize a "so-called referendum" would have "no legitimacy."
The back-and-forth got here because the White House defined the time table for a proposed 2d summit between Trump and Putin — in Washington this autumn — that will focUS on nationwide security. Moscow signaled its openness to a 2d formal meeting between the 2 leaders as criticism of Trump over his first primary consultation together with his Russian counterpart stored up in the United States
Trump left the White House for his New Jersey golf club for the weekend. Once he were given there, he returned to Twitter to whinge about information protection of Monday's meeting.
"I got severely criticized by the Fake News Media for being too nice to President Putin," he tweeted. "In the Old Days they would call it Diplomacy. If I was loud & vicious, I would have been criticized for being too tough."
A White House official stated the following Trump-Putin meeting would address nationwide security considerations they mentioned in Helsinki, including Russian meddling. The official didn't specify if that supposed Russia's interference in US elections. The official, who spoke on situation of anonymity to discuss making plans, stated the talks would also duvet nuclear proliferation, North Korea, Iran and Syria.
One forestall Putin nearly without a doubt won't make is Capitol Hill.
House Democratic chief Nancy Pelosi instructed House Speaker Paul Ryan to shed light on that Putin would not be invited to address Congress if he visits Washington.
She stated Trump's "frightened fawning over Putin is an embarrassment and a grave threat to our democracy."
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a sunnier view of the likely 2d get-together.
He stated on the United Nations he was once "happy that the two leaders of two very important countries are continuing to meet. If that meeting takes place in Washington, I think it is all to the good. Those conversations are incredibly important."
It was once now not clear whether this type of meeting would take place prior to or after the November congressional elections in the United States
A White House meeting can be a dramatic extension of legitimacy to the Russian chief, who has long been isolated by way of the West for actions in Ukraine, Syria and beyond and is assumed to have interfered in the 2016 presidential election that sent Trump to the presidency. No Russian chief has visited the White House in nearly a decade.
US officials have been mum on what, if anything else, the 2 leaders agreed to in Helsinki during a two-hour, one-on-one meeting. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats stated Thursday he had but to be briefed at the private consultation.
The Russian government has been relatively more drawing close.
"This issue (of a referendum) was discussed," Antonov stated, adding that Putin made "concrete proposals" to Trump on answers for the four-year, Russian-backed insurgency in eastern Ukraine, which has killed greater than 10,000 other people. He didn't elaborate on what Putin's answers can be.
The transfer may be noticed as an effort to sidestep European peace efforts for Ukraine and building up the force at the Ukrainian government in its protracted battle with pro-Russian separatists in the Donbas region.
In a sign of fortify for the Ukraine government, the Pentagon stated Friday it will provide $200 million in more coaching, equipment and advisory assistance to Ukraine's military.
Trump tweeted Thursday that he looked ahead a "second meeting" with Putin and defended his efficiency at Monday's summit, through which the 2 leaders conferred on a range of problems including terrorism, Israeli security, nuclear proliferation and North Korea.
"There are many answers, some easy and some hard, to these problems ... but they can ALL be solved!" Trump tweeted.
In Moscow, Antonov stated it is very important "deal with the results" of the first summit prior to leaping too speedy into a new one. But he stated, "Russia was always open to such proposals."
The White House continues to be trying to clean up post-summit Trump statements on Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump's public doubting of Russia's accountability in a joint information conference with Putin on Monday provoked withering criticism from Republicans in addition to Democrats and forced the president to make an extraordinary public admission of error.
Then on Thursday, the White House stated Trump "disagrees" with Putin's be offering to allow US wondering of 12 Russians who have been indicted for election interference in change for Russian interviews with the previous US ambassador to Russia and other Americans the Kremlin accuses of unspecified crimes. Trump to start with had described the idea as an "incredible offer."
The White House back off got here simply prior to the Senate voted overwhelmingly in opposition to the idea.
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