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| Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, will most likely have the chance to talk at next week’s G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. | Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, will most likely have the chance to talk at next week’s G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. |
| “We assume that contact will take place, since the two presidents will be at the same time in the same city, the same building, the same hall. It won’t be right, I guess, if they aren’t able to talk there and to discuss a lot of issues,” Lavrov said at a joint press conference with his German counterpart, Sigmar Gabriel, in Krasnodar on Wednesday. | |
| The situation in Syria and Ukraine would not be the only issues Putin and Trump might discuss, Lavrov said, adding that the main focus should be on the "normalization" of US-Russia relations. | The situation in Syria and Ukraine would not be the only issues Putin and Trump might discuss, Lavrov said, adding that the main focus should be on the "normalization" of US-Russia relations. |
| “First of all, we should try to achieve normalization of dialogue, so that the dialogue is based on the fundamental interests of both Russia and the US,” the Russian foreign minister said. | “First of all, we should try to achieve normalization of dialogue, so that the dialogue is based on the fundamental interests of both Russia and the US,” the Russian foreign minister said. |
| Anti-Russian sentiments which persist in Washington are harmful to the US itself and prevent the untangling of important global issues, according to Lavrov. | |
| “We currently see a distorted picture, formed in Washington under the influence of Russophobic sentiments shared by many politicians,” Lavrov said. | |
| “It harms the US itself, in my opinion, and definitely doesn’t help to solve international issues, which both Russia and the US could contribute to.” | |
| Russia’s foreign minister dismissed as “uninteresting” the US claims that it was impossible to declassify information on an alleged upcoming chemical attack in Syria. | |
| If the information on the upcoming attack is used as a pretext for the US to attack Syrian troops, Russia will respond “with dignity,” Lavrov stated. | |
| “We’ll react with dignity, in proportion to a real situation which might develop,” Lavrov said. |