Russia’s Lavrov says work under way on Putin’s order on possible Russian nuclear test
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The Kremlin on Nov 7 dismissed speculation that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had fallen out of favour with Russia's president over a cancelled summit with US President Donald Trump.
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MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Nov 8 that work is under way on President Vladimir Putin’s order to prepare proposals
According to Tass, Mr Lavrov said: “Regarding President Vladimir Putin’s instruction at the Security Council meeting on Nov 5, it has been accepted for implementation and is being worked on. The public will be informed of the results.”
The order was in response to President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement last week that the US would resume testing.
Tass also cited Mr Lavrov as saying that Russia had received no clarification from the US regarding Mr Trump’s order.
Russia-US relations have deteriorated sharply in the past few weeks as Mr Trump, frustrated with a lack of progress towards ending the war in Ukraine, has cancelled a planned summit with Mr Putin and imposed sanctions on Russia for the first time since returning to the White House in January.
The Kremlin on Nov 7 dismissed speculation that Mr Lavrov had fallen out of favour
Mr Lavrov, 75, a veteran Soviet-era diplomat known for his robust negotiating style, was absent from a big Kremlin meeting this week that he would typically attend, and President Putin chose someone else to attend a Group of 20 summit in South Africa later in November, a role that Mr Lavrov has filled in the past.
For two weeks in a row, the Foreign Ministry also had not disclosed Mr Lavrov’s travel plans and speaking engagements for the following week. REUTERS
