WASHINGTON -- President Trump will meet Wednesday with Vladimir Putin's top diplomat at the White House on Wednesday, the White House said, marking the highest level, face-to-face contact with Russia of the American leader's young presidency. It would also signal that the two countries have improved ties that Mr. Trump recently described as being at an "all-time low."
Mr. Trump's talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will take place after the Russian's meetings earlier in the day with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
A Russian plan to stabilize Syria after more than six years of civil war is the most urgent foreign policy topic on the agenda. But the meeting will be impossible to separate from the Trump administration's unfolding political drama in Washington, where FBI and congressional investigations are looking into possible collusion between Mr. Trump campaign associates and the Kremlin related to last year's presidential election. U.S. intelligence agencies accuse Moscow of meddling to help Mr. Trump's chances of victory.
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