During President Trump’s visit to Asia, he has spent a good amount of time discussing and meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two, according to CNN, "informally met on the sidelines of a regional economic summit in Vietnams Saturday and agreed to an extensive statement on the conflict in Syria" (CNN.com). The two leaders have made a commitment to defeat ISIS in the country and have met to discuss a further plan of action towards this matter in Syria. The two President’s have many areas of agreement towards this subject due to the fact that these two have spoke casually three times at the ocean-side summit in Da Gang on Friday and Saturday (CNN.com). It is really important for us to have a strong and stable relationship with Russia and this trip has really solidified that relationship. According to President Trump, he believe that this agreement between the U.S. and Russia is going to be very effective and have a great impact on the situation. President Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday, “the agreement is going to save tremendous number of lives” (CNN.com). Aside from this agreement, Trump stated that he and Putin have a good relationship even though they don’t know each other that well. The two gave a joint statement saying, “agreed to maintain open military channels of communication between the two countries on Syria and said their forces efforts would continue until the final defeat of ISIS is achieved” (CNN.com). Another interesting part of this article was the fact that the two President’s agreed that there is no military solution to the conflict in Syria and that there is ultimately is only a political solution to the conflict. In fact, the article continues to say that several Pentagon officials said the defeat of ISIS and reduction of the terror group’s caliphate was going well and that the de-escalation zones implemented in gradual phases had resulted in a significant reduction in the violence and helped save many lives (CNN.com).
I found this article to be very relatable to what we have recently discussed in our International Relations class with the United State’s Relationship with Russia over the years. Even though there is still a huge amount of election drama, the two leader’s seem to really have a genuine relationship for the best of both countries. President Trump and President Putin are two very powerful people and it seems that they really might have a strong plan in mind to take down ISIS in Syria.
Fox News tells us a little more insight onto what this U.S.-Russia agreement entails and that it focused on three elements, “deconfliction between the U.S. and Russian militaries, reducing violence in the civil war and reinvigorating U.N.-led peace talks.” The Fox article also tells us that officials were not authorized to discuss the deliberations and requisition anonymity. It would be amazing to see this newly developed plan to take action and make a huge difference for the people of Syria.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/11/politics/us-russia-syria-isis-trump-putin/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/11/trump-putin-reportedly-agree-to-take-on-isis-in-syria.html
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