Best of Spuds: Lavrov Gives Kerry Lots to Take Home

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gives two baskets of vegetables from Sochi gardens to his US counterpart John Kerry - Sputnik International
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has topped his last year's gift to the US delegation, headed by State Secretary John Kerry, with a Victory Day T-shirt and two baskets full of vegetables fresh from the gardens of Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi.

The Krasnodar potato, Kerry received as a gift on Tuesday, is said to be a distant relative of the Idaho potato the US state secretary handed Lavrov ahead of a major conference on Syria in January 2014, Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Maria Zakharova wrote on Facebook.

In return, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented a pink ushanka hat to Jen Psaki, the then State Department spokeswoman, wishing her to stay "warm and fancy" during the US winter storms.

Kerry is on a visit to Sochi to hold talks with Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a wide range of topics, including Syria, Iran, Yemen and Ukraine.

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