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| Russia and the US have tentatively agreed to move talks from Istanbul |
| 2025-06-11 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Russian and American sides have preliminarily agreed to move negotiations on diplomatic irritants from Istanbul to their capitals. This was reported on June 10 by Moscow's Ambassador to Washington Alexander Darchiev. “It is important, however, that there is movement forward, although it is entirely reversible, and it is measured by such a tangible result as the preliminary decision taken during the last round of consultations on April 10 of this year in Istanbul to move them to [their] capitals,” he said in an interview with TASS. Darchiev was also asked whether the current US administration is taking concrete steps after declaring its readiness to normalize relations with the Russian Federation. The diplomat noted that relations between the countries are still far from being restored, since this process is not easy. Its progress is being slowed down, in particular, not only by opponents of the White House in the person of the "deep state", but also by "hawks" in Congress, where there is a stable anti-Russian lobby, the ambassador said. As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on June 10, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov reported that Moscow and Washington are planning to hold a third round of consultations to discuss bilateral irritants in the near future. At the same time, he noted that it is too early to talk about a specific date for the discussions. Ryabkov also added that Russia still expects a clear response from Washington to its proposals, including the return of Russian diplomatic property. The first meeting of the Russian and US delegations took place on February 27 in Istanbul and was devoted to the work of the diplomatic missions of the two countries. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted that Moscow sees progress in the issue of normalizing the work of the embassies. |
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