Russia's Foreign Ministry has said that on 15 February, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the initiative of the US side.

Source : Russian Foreign Ministry

Details : According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the conversation "outlined the mutual willingness to cooperate on topical international issues, including the settlement around Ukraine, the situation around Palestine and in general in the Middle East and other regional areas".

It is noted that, following a telephone conversation between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump on 12 February, the foreign ministers "agreed to maintain a channel of communication to resolve the problems that have accumulated in Russian-American relations in order to remove the unilateral barriers to mutually beneficial trade, economic and investment cooperation inherited from the previous administration".

The Russian Foreign Ministry also stated that the parties agreed "to organise a meeting of experts in the near future to agree on concrete steps to mutually remove obstacles to the work of foreign missions of Russia and the United States".

Quote : "Sergei Lavrov and Marco Rubio reaffirmed their readiness to work together to restore mutually respectful interstate dialogue in line with the tone set by the presidents. They agreed on regular contacts, in particular, to prepare for a Russian-American summit meeting."

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