US President Donald Trump on Thursday joked about a "Russia room" inside the White House after a visiting Russian envoy told him that during a tour of the building, he came across a China room but one named after his country.
The lighter exchange between Trump and the Russian envoy happened during a luncheon meeting the president had at the White House with members of the UN Security Council. Russia is a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
Trump had invited the UNSC members to the White House for a meeting on the occasion of the US being the president of the 15-membered powerful UN organ for December. The UN Security Council has a rotating monthly presidency.
It all started with the remarks of the Chinese Ambassador to the UN, Zhang Jun. "We have made a tour around this -- a number of rooms -- the green one, the red one, and also the China Room, he said. "We were very much impressed."
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