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Next Stop Beijing: Tillerson to Press China on North Korea

EghtesadOnline: For Secretary of State Rex Tillerson , the easier part of his Asia trip is over. After checking in with allies Japan and South Korea he heads Saturday to China, a country President Donald Trump blasted again on Friday for not doing enough to rein in North Korea.
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Publish Date:18/March/2017 | 08:45

Tillerson Finds Asia Debut Dominated by North Korea's Missiles

EghtesadOnline: Less than two months into his tenure as U.S. secretary of state, Rex Tillerson arrives in Asia Wednesday looking for fresh approaches to a challenge that has bedeviled the U.S. for 25 years: North Korea and its nuclear ambitions.
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Publish Date:15/March/2017 | 05:30

American Diplomats’ Comfort With Tillerson Gives Way to Unease

EghtesadOnline: U.S. diplomats breathed a sigh of relief three months ago when Rex Tillerson was nominated as secretary of state, welcoming the oilman as a seasoned manager who would shield them from ideologues ready to gut America’s foreign policy machinery.
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Publish Date:11/March/2017 | 24:04

Tillerson, Amano discuss Iran nuclear pact

EghtesadOnline: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held private talks with the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency on Thursday in the first direct meeting between the outfit monitoring the Iranian nuclear accord and a senior official from the new US administration, which has been sharply critical of the 2015 deal.
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Publish Date:04/March/2017 | 05:43

Iran expects oil market changes as Tillerson US secretary

EghtesadOnline: New changes are expected to happen in the global oil market as the former Exxon boss Rex Tillerson has become the United States’ secretary of state, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has said.
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Publish Date:22/February/2017 | 16:06

Germany Says Europe Must Spend More on Defense

EghtesadOnline: German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel after meeting with the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday there was no question that Europe must spend more on defense, but said the debate on military spending needed to include work on sustainable development, Reuters reported.
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Publish Date:18/February/2017 | 05:49

France says U.S. position on Middle East peace 'confused and worrying'

EghtesadOnline: France considers the U.S. position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "confused and worrying", its foreign minister said on Thursday, reacting to U.S. President Trump's dropping of the America's commitment to a two-state solution.
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Publish Date:16/February/2017 | 21:07

Trump Defense Chief Seeks Diplomatic End in South China Sea

EghtesadOnline: Diplomatic efforts should be exhausted to resolve the South China Sea dispute, said U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, weeks after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appeared to advocate a tougher stance.
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Publish Date:05/February/2017 | 05:02

U.S. Senate advances nomination of Tillerson as Secretary of State

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Senate advanced the nomination of former Exxon Mobil Corp Chief Executive Rex Tillerson on Monday to be President Donald Trump's secretary of state, moving closer to filling a key seat on the Republican's national security team despite partisan rancor over Trump's immigration order.
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Publish Date:31/January/2017 | 05:20

Tillerson Says China Can’t Have Access to South China Sea Isles

EghtesadOnline: In an apparent toughening of the U.S.’s stance on the South China Sea, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State said China must be denied access to artificial islands built in the disputed waters.
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Publish Date:12/January/2017 | 07:34

Trump Picks Exxon Mobil’s Tillerson as Secretary of State

EghtesadOnline: Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson will be nominated as President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state, setting up a confirmation battle with U.S. lawmakers who have questioned the oilman’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Publish Date:13/December/2016 | 20:24

Senators Balk at Tillerson Over Putin Before He’s Nominated

EghtesadOnline: Senators signaled that President-elect Donald Trump’s leading choice for secretary of state, Exxon Mobil Corp. chief Rex Tillerson , could have trouble winning confirmation because of his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Publish Date:12/December/2016 | 14:17