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MelissaB

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Fri Jul 21, 2017, 08:17 AM Jul 2017

Trump and Putin May Have Met More Times Says Russias Sergei Lavro [View all]

Source: NBC News


MOSCOW — President Donald Trump may have held more meetings with Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit earlier this month, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday — but he shrugged off the importance of the encounters.

“They might have met even much more than just three times,” he told NBC News’ Keir Simmons in an exclusive interview, dismissing speculation about the leaders' meetings.

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“After the dinner was over…I was not there…President Trump apparently went to pick up his wife and spent some minutes with President Putin…so what?” he said.



Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-putin-may-have-met-more-times-says-russia-s-n785146?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma



Lavrov is a seasoned diplomat, the distain/contempt he displayed in this interview. Stunning. Menacing. Vulgar ☄️Warning shot to Trump ☄️

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