International cooperation

US to continue working with Russia on issues concerning national security, says White House

The US has said it would continue to work with Russia on issues that serve its national security interest, expressing hope that the two countries would team up to confront the Syrian crisis and the North Korean aggression among others.

Maintaining that Russian interference would not be tolerated, the White House said on Friday the onus lies with Russia as to what type of relationship they want with the US.

"A lot of that depends on Russia, and what type of relationship they want to have, and whether or not they want to be a good actor or a bad actor," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters at her daily news conference.

"We are going to continue trying to work with them on certain things that are very important, particularly for national security. On things like Syria, North Korea, the US would like to be able to work with them to confront some of those threats."