WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump described an Oval Office meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as “very, very good” on Wednesday, claiming progress on ending the conflict in Syria.
“We had a very, very good meeting,” Trump said shortly after the meeting.
“We’re going to stop the killing and the death [in Syria],” he added.
It is rare for a foreign minister – or any non-head of state representing a foreign country – to be given a meeting in the Oval Office.
“I think that we are going to do very well with respect to Syria, I think things are happening – they are really, really, really positive,” Trump said.