Interesting revelations about the unusually long meeting between President Trump - Putin

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson revealed an interesting detail related to the first meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump, which was when US First Lady Melania Trump was called to remind the two leaders to stop the talks that were lasting longer than expected.

President Donald Trump meets with President Vladimir Putin in Hamburg, Germany on July 7. Sitting next to the two leaders are US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (right) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (Photo: Reuters)

According to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, US officials began to show "impatientness" when President Putin and President Trump showed no intention of stopping their bilateral talks on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany on July 7, even though more than an hour had passed.

According to the original schedule, the first meeting between the two Russian and US leaders will only last about 30 minutes, before the two presidents continue with their next work plans on the agenda at the G20.

As the person sitting next to President Trump during the meeting with the Russian leader, Secretary of State Tillerson said he reminded the White House owner several times about the duration of the meeting, but things still did not progress as expected. In that situation, the US side "called for help" from First Lady Melania Trump.

Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin met each other while attending the event at the G20 summit (Photo: Reuters)

“They even brought in the first lady in the hope that she could get us out of the room, but that didn’t work. We continued to talk for another hour after Mrs. Trump came to see us. It was clear that even she couldn’t do anything,” Secretary Tillerson said.

The meeting between President Trump and President Putin ended after 2 hours and 16 minutes. Compared to the original 30-minute schedule, this is not a short time. That shows that many issues were discussed at this meeting.

First Lady Melania chats with President Putin at a dinner party in Germany (Photo: Reuters)

At the dinner hosted by the host country to welcome leaders attending the G20 summit, the spouses of the heads of state will not sit next to each other at the table. Accordingly, First Lady Melania Trump was arranged to sit next to President Putin.

President Putin and First Lady Melania (far left) attended a dinner with leaders attending the G20 summit in Germany (Photo: AFP)

Like President Trump, this is the first time First Lady Melania has sat next to President Putin at a major conference. Born in Slovenia and speaking several languages, including German, Melania is said to have spoken to Putin in German because the Russian leader also speaks the language.

Sitting next to the US First Lady were Argentine President Mauricio Macri and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Photo: AFP)

While Mr. Putin and Mrs. Melania sat next to each other, Argentine President Mauricio Macri was arranged to sit next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. As for President Donald Trump, he was arranged to sit next to Argentine First Lady Juliana Awada.

Argentina's First Lady Juliana Awada smiles brightly as President Trump greets her (Photo: AFP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping sits next to French First Lady Brigitte Macron (Photo: AFP)

Many high-ranking leaders of countries and their spouses were invited to the dinner party (Photo: AFP)

A long banquet table prepared by the host country to welcome world leaders to the G20 summit (Photo: EPA)

According to Dan Tri