Vladimir Putin and Donald trump
The President of the United States Donald trump during an informal conversation over lunch with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Hamburg greeted each other, then raised the issue of adoption. About this trump said in an interview with The New York Times.
According to the American President, during a dinner his wife Melania sat next to Putin at the other end of the table. “I just went to say hi to Melania, and while I was there, I was greeted by Putin,” said trump.
He added that the conversation was short-lived, “maybe 15 minutes”. “Just talking about different things. In fact, very interesting. We talked about adoption,” explained trump.
He noted that the issue of adoption was discussed in June 2016 during the meeting between Donald trump Jr. and guests from Russia.
In 2013, we launched the “law of Dima Yakovlev”, prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by Americans. The document was a response to American “Magnitsky act”. Dima Yakovlev died in July 2008 in Herndon near Washington after adoptive father miles Harrison for the day left the child in a closed car. Court Harrison was acquitted.
July 18, Reuters reported that Putin and trump had, in addition to the main conversation, another meeting of which not previously reported. The Washington Post pointed out that the President again spoke July 7, during dinner, the conversation lasted about an hour.