INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Melania Trump underwent a surgical procedure to treat a benign kidney condition on May 14Washington: President
Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, will skip this week's G7 summit in Quebec and does not plan to attend the planned June 12 summit in
Singapore with North Korea, the White House said on Sunday.Melania Trump attended the G7 meeting in Italy last year
first lady, 48, has not been seen in public since May 10 when she and the president welcomed home three Americans who had been held prisoner
in North Korea.She underwent a surgical procedure on May 14 to treat a benign kidney condition and was released from the hospital on May
19."She will not attend the G7 and there are no plans for her to travel to Singapore at this time," her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, said
in an email on Sunday. Donald Trump and Melania Trump with 3 Americans, who were held hostage in North Korea, upon their return to the
USThe White House said late on Sunday that the president and first lady would host a reception on Monday evening for the families of service
members killed in the line of duty
The reception is not open to the press, the White House added.Last Wednesday, Melania Trump tweeted in response to news stories about her
absence from public view."I see the media is working overtime speculating where I am what I'm doing
Rest assured, I'm here at the @WhiteHouse w my family, feeling great, working hard on behalf of children the American people!" she wrote
on Twitter. A reporter for CNBC tweeted that he saw the first lady in the White House last Tuesday with her aides.(Reporting by Steve
Holland and David Shepardson; Editing by Sandra Maler and Peter Cooney)(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by
TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
