Posted on 05/12/2017 6:59:52 PM PDT by marshmallow
A top cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church and ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin met privately with Vice President Mike Pence Thursday morning and urged the U.S. to cooperate with Russia to combat terrorism in the Middle East.
Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev of Moscow, who chairs the Russian Orthodox Church’s external relations department, spoke with Pence backstage at evangelist Franklin Graham’s Washington summit on religious violence against Christians.
“It is only one united, international anti-terrorist coalition which can combat terrorism and win,” Hilarion told TIME during an interview in a suite at the Trump International Hotel in D.C., a few blocks down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. “The two countries should put these political differences aside.”
A White House spokesman confirmed Pence's meeting with Hilarion and said the cleric's comments also reflected President Trump's views. Additional religious leaders were also present backstage. Hilarion says that after talking with Pence, he feels “very positive” about the future of the relationship between the U.S. and Russia.
Last month, the White House accused the Russian government of covering up the Syrian regime’s role in a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of people in a rebel-held town. In response to the attack, the U.S. launched a military strike on a Syrian airfield. Putin, who has backed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, condemned the strike.
“The situation in Syria is indicative of the different approaches of America and Russia,” Hilarion says. “Any change of political regime could be implemented after the terrorists are expelled from the country.”
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Conspiring about holy matters. They left is going to further melt down.
Lot’s of things going on behind the scenes. I see where Turkey has now “accepted” us arming the Kurds.
That's how the left will promote the first line of this article for the next month.
GOOD!!!!
Oh No!!!! Met with the Russian?! Impeach him!!!
Another fake dot to connect the endless numerous fake dots that make the narrative of Russian / Trump collusion..
Another fake dot to connect the endless numerous fake dots that make the narrative of Russian / Trump collusion..
Time-Lies-Warner should tell Pence to call off the meeting, “God died” in 1964 according to the partisan press.
I’m surprised the media didn’t identify the Russian cleric as Rasputin-like.
Harkening back to the days of Reagan when he and his staff met with the Russians. And look what they accomplished!
Hilarion says. “Any change of political regime could be implemented after the terrorists are expelled from the country.”
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Amen, pastor! (or whatever your title may be.)
*shakes head* this is news?
Besides the main point of the article (US/Russian relations/Syria) - I just sit back and enjoy thinking how God ordained Pence to be with Trump and that Pence, a Godly man as VP - is actually one in spirit with Franklin Graham and the others at this event. Not a photo-op.
Put it a different way: Can anyone imagine Kooky Klown Tim Kaine or Dingbat Uncle Joe going to this?
This is MOST interesting.
Get russians out of Ukraine!
Tell him to stop the religious persecution of non-Orthodox sects in Russia first.
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