US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declines to host Ramzan event

May 28, 2017 10:31

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined a request to host an event to mark Islam's holy month of Ramzan, two US officials said, apparently breaking with a bipartisan tradition in place with few exceptions for nearly 20 years.

Since 1999, Republican and Democratic secretaries of state have nearly always hosted either an iftar dinner to break the day's fast during Ramzan or a reception marking the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of the month, at the State Department.

Tillerson turned down a request from the State Department's Office of Religion and Global Affairs to host an Eid al-Fitr reception as part of Ramzan celebrations, Reuters reported quoting, two US officials who declined to be identified because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

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