Russia says Trump invited Putin to U.S. during phone call
By Reuters
20 April 2018 |
11:14 am
U.S. President Donald Trump invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to the United States during a phone call, and said he would be glad to see Putin in the White House, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Russian RIA Novosti news agency released on Friday (April 20).
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