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US denies that Rex Tillerson was too tired to attend South Korea meetings
LBN thread: Tillerson leaves South Korea event early due to "fatigue," but U.S. media isn't there to report
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Source: The Guardian
US denies that Rex Tillerson was too tired to attend South Korea meetings
• South Korean media say secretary of state pulled out because of ‘fatigue’
• State department says no joint meal had been scheduled with local officials
Julian Borger in Washington
Friday 17 March 2017 22.32 GMT
The state department has denied a report that Rex Tillerson pulled out of meetings with South Korean officials because of “fatigue”.
A report on the Korea Herald news site said that the US secretary of state had “shortened diplomatic consultations and public events in Seoul” and chosen not to have a meal with Hwang Kyo-ahn, the South Korean acting president, and Yun Byung-se, the country’s foreign minister.
The report compared unfavourably Tillerson’s visit to South Korea with his meetings with Japanese officials, with whom he dined in Tokyo on the previous stop of a three-leg Asian trip.
The state department said the report that Tillerson had been too tired to hold extended meetings was untrue, adding that no joint meal had been scheduled on the Seoul leg of the trip.
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• South Korean media say secretary of state pulled out because of ‘fatigue’
• State department says no joint meal had been scheduled with local officials
Julian Borger in Washington
Friday 17 March 2017 22.32 GMT
The state department has denied a report that Rex Tillerson pulled out of meetings with South Korean officials because of “fatigue”.
A report on the Korea Herald news site said that the US secretary of state had “shortened diplomatic consultations and public events in Seoul” and chosen not to have a meal with Hwang Kyo-ahn, the South Korean acting president, and Yun Byung-se, the country’s foreign minister.
The report compared unfavourably Tillerson’s visit to South Korea with his meetings with Japanese officials, with whom he dined in Tokyo on the previous stop of a three-leg Asian trip.
The state department said the report that Tillerson had been too tired to hold extended meetings was untrue, adding that no joint meal had been scheduled on the Seoul leg of the trip.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/17/rex-tillerson-south-korea-fatigue-denial
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