America’s top diplomat reportedly told the UN secretary general that the US priority in Syria was limited to defeating ISIL terrorist group,. an article in Foreign Policy magazine mentioned.
According to the magazine, three diplomatic sources said Rex Tillerson, the secretary of state, admitted to Antonio Guterres last week that the Trump administration’s priority in Syria was limited to defeating ISIL terrorist group.
According to Foreign Policy, Tillerson also said that recent confrontations between the Syrian army and the US were intended only to protect US backed-forces fighting ISIL – not weaken the Assad government.
A State Department official declined to comment to the magazine on the private discussion, but insisted that the US remained “committed to the Geneva peace process” and supported a “credible political process that can resolve the question of Syria’s future.”
“The Syrian people should determine their country’s political future through a political process,” the official added.
The discussion was reported as the US president, Donald Trump, was due to hold his first face-to-face meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany.
Source: Al-Manar Website
