Lavrov: Strangely, the chemical-weapons attack coincided with our Syria conference that changed its agenda.
-
-
Replying to @NinaByzantina
Tillerson: Assad family's rule is over. They brought it upon themselves. We think that Assad's departure should be done in an orderly way.
3 replies 8 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @NinaByzantina
Tillerson: As time goes on, we think that the threshold to legally charge Assad with war crimes may be achieved.
3 replies 2 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @NinaByzantina
Lavrov reminds Tillerson, on the subject of war crimes, of NATO's bombing civilian objects in Serbia.
3 replies 29 retweets 30 likes -
Replying to @NinaByzantina
Lavrov also reminds Tillerson of the failure of the Iraq war as well as statelessness, migration, and slavery in post-intervention Libya.
2 replies 35 retweets 31 likes -
Replying to @NinaByzantina
Lavrov: Western obsession with removing certain dictators never ends well.
2 replies 36 retweets 36 likes -
Replying to @NinaByzantina
Lavrov: We should not focus on removing a certain ruler, but rather on how the Syrian state should work (minority protection, etc.)
3 replies 17 retweets 21 likes -
Replying to @NinaByzantina
Tillerson says Russia may face more sanctions due to its "election meddling," whereas Lavrov says Tillerson made no such threats. Awkward!
4 replies 20 retweets 18 likes -
Replying to @NinaByzantina
Tillerson: We have no indication that Russia was involved in the chemical-weapons attack, which was carried out by Syrian "regime forces."
3 replies 11 retweets 5 likes -
Replying to @NinaByzantina
First impression: Tillerson's statements show no major deviations on Syria (Ukraine, etc.) from the Obama administration.
5 replies 17 retweets 17 likes
Much more experienced Lavrov had facts to back his lengthy statements to every question, and he talked ~70% as compared to Tillerson's 30%.
-
-
Replying to @NinaByzantina
My feeling was that Tillerson went to Moscow to tick off the box. He was a messenger who had no instructions to kick off new game. Gloomy
0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.


| Geopol and Russia analyst | Instagram: