The meeting was held between heads of departments of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the US State Department, the agency added.
This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov TAXWhat is this a recurring appointment to discuss the so-called irritants in bilateral relations. Face-to-face meetings have resumed after a break, she added. The parties had to discuss visa problems, in particular, the exchange of diplomatic personnel for a diplomatic personnel for arrival, the operation of foreign missions, reported TAX.
According to Reuters, quoting a representative of the US embassy, the topic of the war in Ukraine has not been raised.
As Ryabkov noted, the meeting of the Russian Federation and the United States at the level of heads of relevant departments in Istanbul is not a political signal for the resumption of dialogue with American colleagues on important issues.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken In an interview with the American television company CBS, he said that Washington is ready to maintain “contacts” with Russia to “promote national interests”. Transcript of the conversation published press service of the State Department.
He noted that despite Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine, the sides can work on “specific issues”. For example, you recalled the exchange of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout with basketball player Brittney Griner.
“There are other aspects of the relationship where we continue to communicate, such as arms control, and we will continue to do so as necessary to try to advance American national interests,” Blinken said.
Both the Russian embassies in Washington and the US embassies in Moscow have been significantly downsized in recent years following a series of expulsionas a result of which dozens of Russian and American diplomats have been sent home, noted Reuters.
On November 14, still in Turkey, but in Ankara, the head of Russian foreign intelligence Sergei Naryshkin and director of the US Central Intelligence Agency William Burns.
At the end of November there had to be a meeting In Cairo (Egypt) on the discussion on the resumption of nuclear weapons inspections, but she cancelled.
