February 15, 2013

Poor Sec. State Kerry - update

It was noted two days ago that newly appointed Secretary of State Kerry was unable to get Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to pick up the phone. A request for a callback was given and now -- from Foreign Policy:
Russia’s foreign minister still hasn’t called Kerry back
As you head off for your Presidents' Day weekend, The Cable would just like to note that it's now been over 72 hours since Secretary of State John Kerry reached out to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov -- without getting a call back.

As The Cable reported earlier this week, Kerry reached out to Lavrov after North Korea detonated a nuclear bomb on Feb. 11, as well as the foreign ministers of Japan, China, and South Korea. Lavrov, who has been traveling in Africa, is the only foreign minister who didn't answer or return Kerry's call. The State Department is trying very hard not to seem upset about the perceived snub.

"Well, first of all, let me say that we are relaxed. The secretary is relaxed about this," outgoing State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Thursday. "From our perspective, the secretary would like to talk to him. It's up to him whether he wants to take that opportunity."
Emphasis mine -- what other kind of spin could you conceivably put on this. The official representative of one of the top five world powers deliberately snubbing their counterpart? Kerry is, as they say in Texas, all hat and no cattle. We saw this during his presidential bid. He has great hair and looks very senatorial but he is out of touch with the real world. Posted by DaveH at February 15, 2013 9:07 PM
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