Rex tillerson
Buhari to meet Trump at White House on 30 April
The meeting comes weeks after Rex Tillerson, then US secretary of state, visited Nigeria and other African countries in March only to be fired after his return...
The rare firing of the United States’ top diplomat capped months of friction between the Republican president and the 65-year-old former Exxon Mobil Corp chief executive.
The resignation represents the biggest shakeup of the Trump Cabinet so far and had been expected since last October when reports surfaced about a falling out between Trump and Tillerson.
The top US diplomat flew into the Chadian capital N’Djamena on the last day of a truncated tour of Africa.
Rex Tillerson did not clarify which steps were needed for the talks and declined to comment on potential locations.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is using his first diplomatic trip to the continent to bolster security alliances on a continent increasingly turning to Beijing for aid and trade.
Tillerson, a former Exxon chief executive, is seeking to bolster security alliances on a continent increasingly turning to Beijing for aid and trade.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement the US government made the formal determination about the use of VX on 22 February.
Ahead of the meeting, Turkey had called for the United States to expel the YPG from the anti-Islamic State SDF forces it is backing in Syria.
Tillerson’s remarks were a retreat from his position earlier this week when he offered to begin direct talks with North Korea without preconditions.
Russia also welcomed Tillerson’s statement, the Interfax news agency cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying.
The relief in European capitals lasted barely a day as reports surfaced of a White House plan to oust the US secretary of state, plunging America’s friends back into confusion over President Donald Trump’s foreign policy.
US authorities have repeatedly targeted companies and individuals from the Chinese city of Dandong, which borders North Korea, for alleged business ties to North Korea.
The State Department is considering formally declaring the crackdown on Rohingya Muslims to be ethnic cleansing.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif berated Tillerson’s remarks as influenced by Iran’s oil-rich regional rival Saudi Arabia.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made the disclosure about the communications during a trip to China and said it was important to find a way to reduce tensions.
Rex Tillerson's comments were the latest US attempt to rein in Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmer.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he expects the close security relationship between the United States and Britain to withstand the leaks.
Rex Tillerson called on the international community to fully implement UN sanctions and to suspend or downgrade diplomatic relations with Pyongyang.