Reconnaissance

At a meeting in the White House with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US President Donald Trump disclosed secret information. It is reported by The Washington Post with reference to anonymous former and current American officials.

According to the sources of the publication, Trump allegedly boasted the presence of some information about the "Islamic state". This information was received from US partners as part of an intelligence exchange program. Information is considered so delicate that the data was not reported even by US allies, and in the White House the widespread was strictly limited by a narrow circle of people.

The disclosure of the very fact of the availability of such information "was threatened with the most important source of information about ISIS," the report is claimed.

CNN and The New York Times also stated that the fact of disclosure of information was confirmed by unnamed sources. All three editions are known for their extremely critical attitude to Trump and during the election company, Hillary Clinton performed in support of his rival.

The US official authorities categoricallydeny Trump's disclosure of secret data. Dina Powell, Deputy Advisor to the National Security of the National Security, participating in a meeting with the Russian Minister, called the media reports a lie.

"During the meeting of President Trump and Foreign Minister Lavrov, a wide range of issues was discussed, among which there were common efforts and threats in the struggle against terrorism. During this exchange of views, the nature of specific threats was discussed, but sources, methods and military operations were not discussed," said US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

“I was present at the same time, there was nothing like it,” said Herbert McMaster, adviser to national security. “In no way, any sources or intelligence methods, nor military operations, which would no longer have known publicly, were not discussed.

On May 10, in the White House at the negotiations of Lavrov and Trump , wars in Syria and Ukraine were discussed, the situation in Afghanistan, as well as settlement in Israel. "The work contacts agreed on these issues, to look for ways to converge the positions of all interested parties," Lavrov said at the end of the meeting. The minister also noted that the issue of sanctions imposed against Moscow for the annexation of Crimea and aggression in eastern Ukraine was not discussed at the meeting. “This is not our problem,” the official explained. “These are one -sided actions that were taken against us.”

Trump himself said after the meeting that violence in Syria should stop. The President also emphasized that Russia is responsible for the full implementation of the Minsk agreements on the termination of war in eastern Ukraine. At the same time, Trump called the meeting with the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry "very, very good."