Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview with Big Game Channel One He stated that the USA has made a number of unofficial offers to the Russian Federation to hold a meeting recently, but these attempts have been in vain despite the consent of the Russian side.
“There were several unofficial proposals during this period. And each time we agreed,” said Akın, adding that only one of them “happened.”
Lavrov reminded that the parties managed to organize a meeting in Ankara between the head of the US Central Intelligence Agency, William Burns, and the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin.
“But then these visits somehow came to naught,” added the minister.
Earlier, State Duma deputy, political scientist Oleg Matveychev, in an interview with the Public News Service gave an opinionthat the US could enter into a dialogue with Russia on Ukraine if the negotiation situation deteriorates, for example if more regions join the Russian Federation.