FOREIGN POLICY/STATE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON: “President Donald Trump is set to meet with Russia’s foreign minister Wednesday [5-10-17] morning amid a political furor over Mr. Trump’s decision to fire the director of the FBI in the midst of an investigation into whether associates of Mr. Trump colluded with the Russian government to influence the 2016 election.
Sergei Lavrov, Moscow’s top diplomat, will be in Washington for the first time since 2013.
He began the day by meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at about 8:30 a.m. Asked by reporters if Mr. Comey’s firing would cast a shadow over their discussions, Mr. Lavrov dismissed the question…
The Russian envoy’s visit reciprocates Mr. Tillerson’s trip to Moscow last month, when he met with President Vladimir Putin after meeting with other Russian officials. On Wednesday, Mr. Tillerson thanked Mr. Lavrov for coming to Washington to continue the talks that began in Moscow.”
-Felicia Schwartz, “Trump to Meet Top Russian Envoy as Furor Erupts Over Firing of James Comey,” The Wall Street Journal online, May 10, 2017 9:13am