The change highlights the region's historical importance to the United States and directs the official transition to occur within 30 days.

Very serious' discussions begin - as peace conditions set by US At the end of last week, Donald Trump said his administration had had "very serious" discussions with Russia about its war in ...

He also said that Donald Trump has expressed an interest in holding denuclearisation talks between Russia, the US and China. But Vladimir Putin wants Britain and France included in any talks, too.