Dinner diplomacy: Melania Trump sits beside Putin at G20 banquet after her husband confronted him on hacking the election - which Russian leader flatly deniedDaily Mail/UK, Jul 7, 2017
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With the day's business out of the way, the leaders enjoyed a concert and then a Friday night dinner, in which couples were split up and not seated with their spouses.
That's how Melania Trump ended up next to Putin, with President Trump seated down the way, closer to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The first lady, who grew up in Slovenia, then a part of Yugoslavia, knows several languages including German, which the Russian president also speaks.
The dinner took place after German Chancellor Angela Merkel treated her G20 guests to Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony hoping to spread her vision with 'a hymn to humanity, peace and international understanding'.
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