President Barack Obama AP FILE PHOTO
BENOUVILLE, France — The White House says President Barack Obama has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of a lunch for world leaders during D-Day commemorations in France.
It’s the first face-to-face exchange between Obama and Putin since the start of the crisis in Ukraine.
The White House says the two leaders held an informal conversation and not a formal, bilateral meeting. The conversation lasted 10 to 15 minutes.
The exchange came during a lunch hosted by French President Francois Hollande (frahn-SWAH’ oh-LAWND’). Obama and Putin were both in France for the 70th anniversary of Allied troops storming the beaches at Normandy.
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