President Donald Trump told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during their meeting that Moscow's meddling in America's elections is unacceptable, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, contradicting Lavrov's account that the two didn't discuss elections.
Trump on Tuesday met with Lavrov at the White House, a visit that revived questions about whether Russia interfered in the 2016 election that brought Trump to power and whether it might do so again in 2020.
The White House said after the meeting that Trump warned Russia not to interfere in the 2020 elections.
But Lavrov, when told about the White House statement, speaking through an interpreter at an evening news conference, said: "You know, we haven't even actually discussed elections."