I'd add - this isn't unusual for #Putin to have people wait for him.
In case of @SecPompeo,however, it may have had special message as a playback for Secretary's snap cancellation of the #Moscow leg of his #Russia/n trip which didn't sit well with Kremlin at the time.
Pompeo was determined to deliver the message so he stayed courteous:"Thank you, Mr President.Thank you for spending some time w/ me this evening...So Prez #Trump wants to do everything we can & asked me to travel here to communicate that. Thank you again for having me, Mr Putin"
To make the matters even more symbolic, hours into meeting with @SecPompeo in #Sochi #Putin,accompanied by 6 Su-57 fighter jets (L), went to @mod_russia flight test facility in the city of Akhtubinsk to see tests for the hypersonic missile system "Kinzhal" (literary "Dagger") (R)
Video of #Putin entering room to greet @SecPompeo, rest of #US delegation
Another scoop on @SecPompeo/#Putin meeting:
#Kremlin's foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov tells press-pool people #Ukraine was never discussed during the encounter:"Regional issues discussed were only Syria, DPRK, Libya, Iran & Venezuela"
Ukraine discussed with Lavrov but not Putin
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