U.S. President Donald Trump told Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that the dispute over probes into links between his inner circle and Russia should not undermine U.S. efforts to rebuild relations with Moscow, Tillerson said, Reuters reported.
Trump tasks Secretary Tillerson to continue work on improving ties with Russia
STEPANAKERT, JUNE 6 , ARTSAKHPRESS: Tillerson arrived in New Zealand on June 6.
Tillerson said Trump told him to try to improve ties with Russia regardless of the U.S. political backdrop.
"I can't really comment on any of that because I don't have any direct knowledge," Tillerson told a news conference in Wellington, when asked how worried he was that the U.S. political crisis could take down the Trump administration.
"The president's been clear to me: do not let what's happened over here in the political realm prevent you from the work that you need to do on this relationship and he's been quite clear with me... that we might make progress. I'm really not involved in any of these other issues," he said after a meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English as quoted by Reuters.
