Members of the U.S. press were not allowed into President Trump’s Oval Office meeting Wednesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Though the official White House schedule that was released Tuesday night said that the meeting would be closed to press, photos of it did emerge on Russian state-owned media TASS.
A spokesperson for the Trump administration said that the White House official photographer, as well as Russia’s photographer, were allowed into the meeting.
Ambassador Kislyak and President Trump / Посол С.Кисляк и Президент Д.Трамп pic.twitter.com/Ckkx2YL9KX
— Russia in USA ?? (@RusEmbUSA) May 10, 2017
The official White House photos have not yet been made public.
The White House did, however, release a summation of the meeting, saying that Trump spoke with Lavrov about the conflict in Syria, Ukraine and a “desire to build a better relationship between the United States and Russia.”
The White House is under intense scrutiny after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, who was heading an investigation into whether the president’s campaign colluded with Russia.
