Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken shake hands during their meeting in Geneva. File photoWASHINGTON, Jul 6 The State Department believes that Russia should give rise to a meeting between the heads of US and Russian diplomats Anthony Blinken and Sergey Lavrov, while such contact, according to Washington, is not appropriate. «We would like Russia to give a pretext for a bilateral meeting with Minister Lavrov,» a spokesman for the department said during a telephone briefing. The State Department noted that now is «the wrong time» for a meeting between Blinken and Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 ministerial meeting, which will be held in Indonesia on 7 -July 8. Earlier, the State Department said that such a meeting was not planned, but Blinken intends to fully participate in the activities of the G20 ministerial. Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov reported that a meeting between Lavrov and Blinken on the sidelines of the G20 ministerial meeting in Indonesia is not planned.< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/341f6d49fd101087067661b39bda2707.jpg" />The Pentagon did not answer if the US considers Russia an enemy
