Kremlin Dismisses Media Claims on Trump Allegedly Passing Secret Info to Lavrov

© Photo : RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRYA handout photo made available by the Russian Foreign Ministry on May 10, 2017 shows US President Donald J. Trump (L) posing with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC.
A handout photo made available by the Russian Foreign Ministry on May 10, 2017 shows US President Donald J. Trump (L) posing with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC. - Sputnik International
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed US media reports that US President Donald Trump allegedly passed secret information on Daesh terrorist organization to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Washington.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Washington Post on May 15 claimed that Trump "revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week", saying with reference to current and former US officials that the alleged disclosures "jeopardized a critical source of intelligence" on Daesh.

"This is not a topic for us, it's just another nonsense. We do not want to have anything to do with this nonsense at all. This is complete nonsense, there is no topic here either for confirmation or for refutation," Peskov said.

A handout photo made available by the Russian Foreign Ministry on May 10, 2017 shows US President Donald J. Trump (C) speaking with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergei Kislyak during a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC - Sputnik International
Trump Says Had Right to Share With Russia Facts on Terror, Airline Flight Safety
Donald Trump has already denied the claim and said that he had "an absolute right" to share with Russian facts on terrorism and air flight safety.

Earlier, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the claims are false, while Trump in a meeting with Lavrov and Kislyak had discussed a wide range of issues related to counter-terrorism, but had not mentioned sources, methods or military operations,.

Also, National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster said Trump and Lavrov have not discussed intelligence sources or military operations during their meeting.

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