Negotiations between Lavrov and Trump was “an Important Moment”, Peskov Said

The meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US President Donald Trump on Tuesday was an “important moment”, but does not signal a thaw in relations between the two countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday. “Of course this is an important moment -- the very fact that the Russian minister was received by the US President is an important point, of course,” Peskov said. “It’s another matter that thus far we can’t talk about any positive shifts in our bilateral relations, but such contacts are important”, Kremlin says. kommersant