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State Department says Putin initiated Trump meeting; officials describe summit as fact-finding
Summary
State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters that Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and that President Vladimir Putin initiated arrangements for an upcoming summit between President Donald Trump and Putin.
State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters that Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about preparations for an upcoming summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and that President Putin initiated the arrangement.
The meeting, Bruce said, was described by U.S. officials as a preparatory, fact-finding encounter…
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