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| Putin keeps John Kerry waiting for THREE HOURS during his visit to Russia for meetings over Syria |
| 2013-05-07 |
| U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was looking to strengthen ties with Russia as he tries to put an end to the dictatorial regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, but instead he was met with the coldest of receptions. Russian President Vladimir Putin kept Kerry waiting three hours before their meeting at the Kremlin on Tuesday and continuously fiddled with his pen as the top American diplomat spoke about the ongoing crisis in Syria. Kerry's visit to Moscow comes as he seeks Russian help in ending Syria's civil, telling President Putin that common interest in a stable Middle East could bridge divisions among the big powers. Putin, however, made no mention in his own public remarks of the conflict in Syria, which has generated some of the frostiest exchanges between Washington and Moscow since the Cold War. Yet with the killing now in a third year and no end in sight as U.N. intervention remains stymied by international arguments, Kerry struck a positive tone as he set about trying to narrow differences sufficiently to agree a plan for a settlement that proved out of reach at talks in Geneva almost a year ago. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 Not a problem. John would have used the idle time productively by, for example, making up war stories. |
| Posted by: Bunyip 2013-05-07 23:23 |
| #3 I'll bet Jawhn's "Do you know who I am?" shtick didn't work. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-05-07 23:03 |
| #2 You're a much nicer person than I am, Darth. You'd keep them waiting for 3 hours; I wouldn't let them in the house at all. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-05-07 22:32 |
| #1 HAHAHAHAHA!!! Sounds like something I would do if any of our current crop of "diplomats" came to my door. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-05-07 22:25 |