USA-KERRY/PUTIN-SYRIA Kerry concerned by Putin missile announcement, addresses Syria chemical attacks

Record ID: 151443

  • Title: USA-KERRY/PUTIN-SYRIA Kerry concerned by Putin missile announcement, addresses Syria chemical attacks
  • Date: 16th June 2015
  • Summary: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES (JUNE 16, 2015) (STATE DEPARTMENT TV) (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY SAYING: "If President Putin chooses to play a double game and allow separatists to press forward than obviously we have a very big challenge ahead of us." WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES (JUNE 16, 2015) (STATE DEPARTMENT TV) KIRBY AT PODIUM WIT
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  • Topics: General
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    U.S. Secretary of State John said he did not want to see the relations with the Russia revert to "cold war status" as he discussed President Vladimir Putin's announcement about adding 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to Moscow's nuclear arsenal on Tuesday (June 16).
    Kerry said Putin's stance could be posturing but added, "Nobody wants to see us step backwards. Nobody wants to, I think, go back to a Cold War status.
    Kerry also said he had discussed Syria's use of chemical weapons with Russia and that efforts were under way to stop it.
    Kerry said he was confident the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was responsible for a "preponderance" of chemical attacks and that "everyone's patience is wearing thin."
    He told reporters that he had spoken with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and said the United States was working on a number of efforts to address it.
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