The outcome of several international crises will depend on decisions made by the Trump administration, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
President Donald Trump returned to the White House on Jan. 20 for his second, albeit non-consecutive, four-year term in office.
“A lot depends on the United States,” Lavrov said at a meeting of Russia’s Security Council held only hours before Trump’s inauguration in Washington.
According to Moscow’s top diplomat, several key allies of Washington—including Australia, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand—are all “completely guided by the position of the White House.”
“In this sense, they are waiting to see what its final position will be,” Lavrov said….