State Dept. Has Trouble Explaining Point of Kerry’s Threat to Russia on Syria
‘I didn’t say that we believe that this would change their calculus’
State Dept Has Trouble Explaining Point of Kerry’s Threat to Russia on Syria (The Washington Free Beacon)
State Department spokesman John Kirby had trouble during Wednesday’s press briefing explaining the apparent threat made by Secretary of State John Kerry to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over the raised hostilities in Syria.
Kerry reportedly called Lavrov and warned the U.S. would suspend bilateral engagement in Syria unless Russia stops bombing civilians in the city of Aleppo.
Reuters correspondent Arshad Mohammed called out Kirby on Kerry’s comments, saying the secretary appeared to give an ultimatum to Moscow but does not know how to back it up.
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