BRUSSELS: European Union president Donald Tusk said talks with US President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed no “common position” on Russia, a subject on which the US leader faces pressure at home. Tusk, along with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, also argued for the benefits of open trade and the Paris climate agreement that Trump is opposed to. “I’m not 100 percent sure that we can say today—’we’ means Mr President and myself— that we have a common position, common opinion about Russia,” Tusk said after meeting Trump at EU headquarters in Brussels. “You know Mister President we have two presidents in the EU,” Tusk told Trump as the men posed for cameras ahead of the talks. The visit with Tusk and Juncker is a victory of sorts for the EU, which had worked behind the scenes to secure a first encounter with Trump.

Source: Manila Times May 25, 2017 10:52 UTC