The meeting of U.S. President trump and foreign Minister Lavrov in Washington on may 10, 2017
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The US President Donald trump has raised the issue of the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey at the meeting with the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia, to explain why he couldn’t find areas of cooperation with Moscow. This was announced on Sunday by two high-ranking administration official, reports Reuters.

“The essence of the conversation was that the President feels as though he is prejudiced in its ability to work with Russia, and he can’t find areas of cooperation, it was obvious from the news,” said the national security Advisor to McMaster in an interview with ABC.

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On the show “Fox News Sunday” Secretary Rex Tillerson said that trump also tried to convey to the Russians that he “is not going to be distracted by all these domestic issues that affect us domestically” .

Recall, the newspaper the New York Times reported that the resignation of the FSB Director James Komi discussed during the meeting of President Donald trump with the foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak on may 10. According to the publication, trump got rid of Komi, to ease the “huge pressure” on him because of the investigation of Russian interference in presidential elections in the United States.

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The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has denied the information that during a meeting with Donald trump in the oval office they talked about the resignation of the FBI Director James Komi.

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