Lavrov told about the feelings for Trump

21 July 2017, 21:49 | Policy
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov felt a sense of respect for US President Donald Trump during his first communication with him, which occurred on May 10, 2017. In Washington. This was stated by the Russian Foreign Minister in an interview with NBC News on Friday, July 21.

"The feelings that I felt during my first meeting with Trump at the White House were the same as during a meeting with (former US President Barack) Obama or (former US leader George) Bush. This is respect for the president, who was elected by the people of the United States, "Lavrov said..

"This is also respect for all that they decided to tell me in order to present their country's position on this or that issue in order to show what they think should become the central theme of Russian-American relations," the minister said..

Also, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry did not disclose the details of the appearance of the wife of the head of the White House, Melanie Trump, at a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on July 7 in the margins of the G-20 summit in Hamburg.

"Our political culture does not involve discussing personal issues in public," Lavrov said in response to the request of the American journalist to tell more about the appearance of Melania at the talks between the leaders of Russia and the United States.

"I understand that you want to know the details, but I will not do that," the head of the Russian foreign ministry said..

In addition, he commented on rumors about the number of meetings between Putin and Trump then in Hamburg, as well as their time interval. This has recently been the most widely discussed topic in the American media.

According to Lavrov, the Russian leader could meet with his counterpart from the US "even much more than three times". "Maybe they went to the bathroom together," he joked..

Did not ignore the minister and information "dances" of Western journalists about the sensational dinner, where the Russian president was sitting next to the wife of the owner of the Oval Office (in front of representatives of other foreign delegations - eds. As the media then "inflated", at some point, Trump himself joined them.

"After dinner is over. I was not there. President Trump apparently went to pick up his wife and spent a few minutes with President Putin. So what? "- said Lavrov.



Earlier, the American himself uncovered the "secret" of his brief (in the American media wound an hour) dialogue with his Russian counterpart. "I just went to say hello to Melania, and while I was there, I greeted Putin," Trump said in an interview with The New York Times on July 19.

He insisted that the conversation was not long, "maybe 15 minutes". "Just talking about different things. In fact, very interesting. We talked about adoption, "Trump stressed..




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