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Lavrov confirms agreement on Putin-Trump meeting at G20 summit

The Russian top diplomat says there is an agreement about a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at a G20 summit in Argentina

ASTANA, November 8. /TASS/. There is an agreement about a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump at a G20 summit in Argentina, and both capitals publicly confirmed it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

"There is such an agreement (on a meeting between Putin and Trump in Argentina - TASS). I don’t have any other information. Moscow and Washington confirmed it publicly," Lavrov told journalists, answering the question about whether a meeting between the Russian and US leaders will be held at the G20 summit in Argentina.

"There is such an agreement. Representatives for the presidential administrations already said about everything connected with this meeting," the minister added.