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Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin channel

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'The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladi*mir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and President-elect Donald Trump, according to U.S., European and Arab officials.

The meeting took place around Jan. 11 — nine days before Trump’s inauguration — in the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean, officials said. Though the full agenda remains unclear, the UAE agreed to broker the meeting in part to explore whether Russia could be persuaded to curtail its relationship with Iran, including in Syria, a Trump administration objective that would be likely to require major concessions to Moscow on U.S. sanctions.'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...mepage/story&tid=a_inl&utm_term=.772018716220


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BTW - I have NO IDEA if the above is true or not. But it is interesting.
 
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DA60 said:
'The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladi*mir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and President-elect Donald Trump, according to U.S., European and Arab officials.

The meeting took place around Jan. 11 — nine days before Trump’s inauguration — in the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean, officials said. Though the full agenda remains unclear, the UAE agreed to broker the meeting in part to explore whether Russia could be persuaded to curtail its relationship with Iran, including in Syria, a Trump administration objective that would be likely to require major concessions to Moscow on U.S. sanctions.'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...mepage/story&tid=a_inl&utm_term=.772018716220


Thoughts?


BTW - I have NO IDEA if the above is true or not. But it is interesting.
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I read that. Like you I do not know if it is true. But I was not sure, why it should be suspect. It seems only natural that people talk with each other.
 
Re: Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin channe

DA60 said:
'The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladi*mir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and President-elect Donald Trump, according to U.S., European and Arab officials.

The meeting took place around Jan. 11 — nine days before Trump’s inauguration — in the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean, officials said. Though the full agenda remains unclear, the UAE agreed to broker the meeting in part to explore whether Russia could be persuaded to curtail its relationship with Iran, including in Syria, a Trump administration objective that would be likely to require major concessions to Moscow on U.S. sanctions.'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...mepage/story&tid=a_inl&utm_term=.772018716220


Thoughts?


BTW - I have NO IDEA if the above is true or not. But it is interesting.
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What would be the issue here? We have already established that president-elects do actually get in contact with foreign leaders, and this was after the election. But it seems like a lot of secret work for Trump to go through if, as is aledged, he has been in contact with the Russians all along.
 
Re: Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin channe

DA60 said:
'The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladi*mir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and President-elect Donald Trump, according to U.S., European and Arab officials.

The meeting took place around Jan. 11 — nine days before Trump’s inauguration — in the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean, officials said. Though the full agenda remains unclear, the UAE agreed to broker the meeting in part to explore whether Russia could be persuaded to curtail its relationship with Iran, including in Syria, a Trump administration objective that would be likely to require major concessions to Moscow on U.S. sanctions.'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...mepage/story&tid=a_inl&utm_term=.772018716220


Thoughts?


BTW - I have NO IDEA if the above is true or not. But it is interesting.
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If this actually did happen, what matters is what was discussed. There's a lot of implication here, but that's not enough.
 
Re: Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin channe

DA60 said:
'The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladi*mir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and President-elect Donald Trump, according to U.S., European and Arab officials.

The meeting took place around Jan. 11 — nine days before Trump’s inauguration — in the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean, officials said. Though the full agenda remains unclear, the UAE agreed to broker the meeting in part to explore whether Russia could be persuaded to curtail its relationship with Iran, including in Syria, a Trump administration objective that would be likely to require major concessions to Moscow on U.S. sanctions.'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...mepage/story&tid=a_inl&utm_term=.772018716220


Thoughts?


BTW - I have NO IDEA if the above is true or not. But it is interesting.
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My guess is that if it's anti Trump from WaPo, then it isn't true.

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Re: Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin channe

It's either true or it isn't. It's WaPo, so therefore suspect. But if it's true, it's a very soon to be President getting a leg up on negotiating. Nothing wrong with that.

But it's a way to get Blackwater, and therefore Cheney, into the mix of unfounded accusations.
 
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