U.S. and Russian officials are to start talks in the coming days on ending Moscow's war in Ukraine after U.S. President Donald Trump shocked European allies by calling Russian President Vladimir Putin and declaring an immediate start to the talks.
Lavrov and Rubio, in a call initiated by the U.S., agreed to maintain contacts to resolve problems in bilateral relations, “in the interests of removing the unilateral barriers to mutually beneficial trade, economic and investment cooperation inherited from the previous administration,“ Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
The U.S. under then-President Joe Biden and Kyiv's allies around the world imposed waves of sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine three years ago, aimed at weakening the Russian economy and limiting the Kremlin's war efforts.
“In addition, they discussed the opportunity to potentially work together on a number of other bilateral issues,“ it said in a statement, without providing further detail.
They agreed to work on restoring “mutually respectful interstate dialogue” in line with the tone set by the presidents, the ministry said.
The Russian foreign ministry said Lavrov and Rubio also discussed how to quickly improve “the conditions for the functioning of Russian diplomatic missions” in the U.S.
Experts will meet soon “to agree on specific steps to mutually remove obstacles to the work of Russian and U.S. missions abroad,“ the ministry said.
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