Bolton meets with Russian ambassador at White House to discuss ties with Russia

President Trump's national security adviser John Bolton met with Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov at the White House on Thursday.

The two men met Thursday afternoon and discussed how to improve ties between the U.S. and Russia, according to the release from the White House. The meeting was Bolton's first with a top Russian official since being named as former national security adviser H.R. McMaster's replacement.


According to the release, Bolton expressed his desire for a closer relationship with Russia's government but warned that any mending of ties would have to be preceded by alleviating "our concerns regarding Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, the reckless use of a chemical weapon in the United Kingdom, and the situations in Ukraine and Syria."

The meeting between Bolton and Antonov comes amid Trump's refusal to levy additional sanctions on Moscow over Russia's alleged involvement in the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy on British soil.

http://thehill.com/policy/international/384058-bolton-meets-with-russian-ambassador-at-white-house-to-discuss-ties-with

His mustache was a bit less gray after the meeting