-
Harry Reid has turned down a Russian request to meet to discuss Syria
-
-
September 5th, 2013 05:28 PM ET
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element.../btn_close.gifShare this on:
Facebook
Twitter
Digg
del.icio.us
reddit
MySpace
StumbleUpon
19 minutes agoFirst on CNN: Russians turned down, again
Posted by
CNN's Capitol Hill Reporter Lisa Desjardins
Washington (CNN) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has turned down a Russian request to meet with him to discuss Syria, his office tells CNN, making it unclear if any U.S. lawmakers will sit down with a planned delegation from Moscow.
This comes less than a day after House Speaker John Boehner similarly turned down a request from the Russian government to meet.
A spokesman for the Russian embassy would not comment on the declined requests. “We are still working on the visit,” Maxim Abramov told CNN.
The rebuffed requests come as President Obama is meeting with G-20 leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, in St. Petersburg. Russian leaders have been outspoken in opposition to U.S. military action in Syria and said that they planned to try to lobby against the mission by directly meeting with members of the U.S. Congress.
But so far, no U.S. lawmakers have indicated that they will meet with them when they arrive.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/05/first-on-cnn-russians-turned-down-again/
