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Reuters: Russia hopes for constructive ties with US after Tillerson firing

Published March 14, 2018 at 1:32 pm

(FILES) In this file photo taken on Oct. 4, 2017 US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson makes a statement to the press at the State Department in Washington, DC.Outgoing US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson did not speak to President Donald Trump before he was sacked on March 13, 2018 and has not been given a reason for his ouster, a top aide said. "The secretary did not speak to the president this morning and is unaware of the reason, but he is grateful for the opportunity to serve, and still believes strongly that public service is a noble calling and not to be regretted," Undersecretary of State Steve Goldstein said. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON

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The Kremlin said on March 14 it hoped for a constructive and sober approach to relations between Russia and the United States following the firing of Rex Tillerson as U.S. Secretary of State.

U.S. President Donald Trump fired Tillerson on March 13 after a series of public rifts over policy on North Korea, Russia and Iran, replacing his chief diplomat with loyalist CIA Director Mike Pompeo.