The Trump administration is renewing an offer to cooperate with Russia in the Syrian conflict, including on military matters, ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin this week. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)The Trump administration is prepared to consider joint stability operations with Russia in Syria, including no-fly zones, cease-fire observers and coordinated deliveries of humanitarian aid, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said late Wednesday. In a statement issued as he departed for Europe, where he will join President Trump in Germany on Thursday, Tillerson said that the United States and Russia have successfully cooperated in establishing deconfliction areas in Syria to avoid contact between their air operations. Trump plans to meet Friday with Russian President Vladi­mir Putin outside a Group of 20 summit that both are attending in Hamburg. “Our military leaders have communicated clearly with one another to make sure no accidents occur between our two countries in the Syrian theater,” Tillerson said.

Source: Washington Post July 06, 2017 02:14 UTC