SOCHI, Russia, May 17 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump had not passed any secrets onto Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Washington last week and that he could prove it.
Speaking at a news conference alongside Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, Putin quipped that Lavrov had not passed what he said were the non-existent secrets onto him either.
Putin said Russia was ready to hand a transcript of Trump's meeting with Lavrov over to U.S. lawmakers if that would help reassure them.
Here is how it went:
Donald: Your know those lab top bombs?
Lavrov: Wait, don't tell me that stuff.
Donald: What stuff
Lavrov: The laptop bomb stuff, it is supposed to be secret
Donald: Big deal
Lavrov: The the leakers will tattle and create a mess in the media.
Donald: The leakers will never know, it is just us two.
Lavrov: Yes.
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