Courts Russia as probe calls grow
2 HOURS AGO by: Barney Jopson, Sam Fleming and Katrina Manson in Washington
... Trump called for warmer US relations with Russia on Wednesday as his firing of FBI director James Comey sparked pressure .. for an independent probe of his .. campaign’s .. ties to Moscow ...
On Wednesday Mr Trump was shown warmly greeting foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and ambassador Sergei Kislyak in photographs distributed by Russia’s foreign ministry.
US reporters were not invited to witness the meeting, but the White House, undeterred by controversy, released a statement saying Mr Trump had “emphasised his desire to build a better relationship between the United States and Russia”.
With Mr Lavrov the president said he had a “very, very good meeting” as he spoke in a brief Oval Office appearance alongside Henry Kissinger.. who has become a Trump adviser ...
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