Press Releases: Remarks With Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov Before Their Meeting


Remarks

Rex W. Tillerson

Secretary of State

Treaty Room

Washington, DC

November 29, 2017


SECRETARY TILLERSON: Afternoon, all. I want to welcome Minister of Foreign Affairs Dimitrov of Macedonia to the State Department. Pleased to have you and your delegation here.

FOREIGN MINISTER DIMITROV: This is a special privilege, Mr. Secretary. Great to be here.

SECRETARY TILLERSON: Indeed. Thank you.

QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, is former President Obama’s meeting with President Xi Jinping helpful to this administration’s pressure campaign?

SECRETARY TILLERSON: I don’t know the content of the meeting, so I don’t know.