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Wednesday, January 4, 2017
New UN chief has ‘very positive discussion’ with Trump
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe United Nations says the new UN secretary-general had “a very positive discussion” with Donald Trump on US-UN relations.
UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq says Antonio Guterres called the president-elect on Wednesday — and their introductory conversation went well.
Trump criticized the UN last month after the United States allowed the Security Council to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank. He tweeted: “As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th” — inauguration day.
A later tweet said the UN “has such great potential but right now it is just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time. So sad!”
Haq told reporters Guterres and Trump discussed “a number of avenues for participation and cooperation between the United States and the United Nations”
— AP
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