US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson embarks this week on a diplomatic mission to shore up alliances in Europe and their defences against Russian aggression and subversion. His trip is structured around ministerial conferences of the Nato allies in Brussels and the 57-member Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in Vienna. ‘Best friend’“Any resolution to the war that does not entail a fully independent, sovereign, territorially-whole Ukraine is unacceptable,” Tillerson declared. Despite the enmity, progress may be made this week in agreeing terms for a United Nations mission in Ukraine. Germany’s Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel met Tillerson in Washington on Thursday, and afterwards told reporters that they found themselves in agreement on the crisis.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 03, 2017 03:45 UTC