Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Welcomes Trump’s ‘Frank, Unambiguous’ Discussion

Dec. 22 (EIRNS)—In a lengthy interview with Russian Channel One’s “Big Game” program, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented that what he likes about President Donald Trump, with whom he met in Washington on Dec. 10, is “the way Trump discusses international matters and bilateral relations issues. He eschews ambiguity and seeks to speak frankly,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Lavrov called this a rare quality for a politician and, in his opinion, is

“a rather productive approach.” Lavrov said that their meeting “was neither small talk nor just a protocol event. It was substantive and we probably discussed a dozen vital issues, including bilateral relations, strategic security issues, arms control and various regional conflicts, namely the Middle East, Ukraine and the Korean Peninsula. We had a very direct conversation on all these issues and there were no attempts to cut corners.”

In the same interview, Lavrov also mentioned that Trump had sent Moscow a short letter, “saying that we are ready to keep searching for solutions to the problems in our relations,” TASS reported. An excerpt of Lavrov’s interview with Channel One was aired Dec. 21.