Barbie Latza Nadeau
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed President Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from Syria—during his annual marathon press conference—suggesting that it was long overdue.
“American troops should not be in Syria and have been there illegally,” he said, according to a ticker-tape account from the Russian news agency RT. “If the decision to withdraw them was taken, that’s the right decision.”
Putin appeared to disagree. He went on to say that Russian and American military “specialists” have managed to overcome the differences between the two countries and work together on anti-terrorism efforts with success.
There were some moments of levity in the lengthy Q&A session, like when a journalist asked Putin when and to whom he would marry, to which he joked they were two different questions. But most of the hours-long press conference was deadly serious.
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