US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has reiterated the official government position on the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, branding the move as an act of “hybrid warfare.”
Tillerson made the comment in an end-of-year speech to State Department staff on Tuesday, further accusing Moscow of meddling in other countries’ affairs.
“Russia chose through hybrid warfare to interfere in democratic processes here and then has done so in other countries as well,” he said.
Stressing that it is important for Washington and Moscow to have a “productive relationship,” Tillerson said, “But today, that’s not the case and we all know why.”
American intelligence agencies claimed in January that Russia interfered in the 2016 US presidential election to try to help then Republican candidate Donald Trump defeat Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
The intelligence agencies said Moscow’s interference included a campaign of…