ロ特使がトランプ政権高官と会談、ウクライナ侵攻後で最高位の訪米
米政府関係者によると、ロシアとのやり取りを主導するウィットコフ中東担当特使が先週、ドミトリエフ氏を米国に招待したという。
ドミトリエフ氏はスタンフォード大学で学び、ゴールドマン・サックスに勤務した経歴を持ち、トランプ政権の主要メンバーとも親しい関係にある。２０２２年のウクライナ侵攻以来、訪米したロシア高官では最高位となる。
会談内容は分かっていない。
トランプ大統領は先月３０日、ロシアのプーチン大統領に腹を立てていると述べ、ウクライナ戦争終結に向けた自身の取り組みをロシアが妨害していると感じれば、ロシア産原油の買い手に２５─５０％の関税を課すと警告した。ロシアはサウジアラビアに次ぐ世界第２位の原油輸出国。 もっと見る
トランプ政権が２日に公表した相互関税の国別リストにロシアは含まれていなかった。一方、ウクライナには１０％の関税が課された。
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Erin Banco
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Erin Banco is a national security correspondent focusing on the intelligence community. She covers everything from the wars in Ukraine and Gaza to U.S. covert operations overseas. She previously worked at POLITICO as a national security reporter. Banco has a long history covering the Middle East region, from Cairo to Baghdad to Aleppo where she's reported on the Arab Spring and its aftermath, including the civil war in Syria and the rise of ISIS. Her 2017 book, Pipe Dreams, focuses on the development of the oil and gas industry in the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq. Banco attended The University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she majored in Arabic and journalism. She earned a master's in public administration from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in 2014.
Humeyra Pamuk
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Humeyra Pamuk is a senior foreign policy correspondent based in Washington DC. She covers the U.S. State Department, regularly traveling with U.S. Secretary of State. During her 20 years with Reuters, she has had postings in London, Dubai, Cairo and Turkey, covering everything from the Arab Spring and Syria's civil war to numerous Turkish elections and the Kurdish insurgency in the southeast. In 2017, she won the Knight-Bagehot fellowship program at Columbia University's School of Journalism. She holds a BA in International Relations and an MA on European Union studies.
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