Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. File photoTASHKENT, Jul 29Russia is coordinating the time of contact with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, will soon offer a convenient date, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters. «Regarding Tony Blinken and his comments, yes, we first learned about this when we were in Africa, and he spoke on television and said that he was going to contact me by phone, about a day passed before we received an official request. We are now agreeing on the time of such contact,» Lavrov said. He added that the contact «should take place when I'm in my office.»Peskov said that relations between Russia and the United States are difficult to spoil «It is clear that today this is unlikely to succeed, but in the coming days we will offer our American colleagues a convenient date,» the minister stressed. He noted that the Foreign Ministry is not authorized to discuss with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken the exchange of American and Russian citizens, but will listen to what his American colleague will say. we have already commented on behalf of the Foreign Ministry that this topic was discussed more than a year ago at the Geneva meeting in June 2021 between Presidents (RF Vladimir) Putin and (USA Joe) Biden, where they agreed to empower competent persons to deal with these issues. number. But nevertheless, I'll listen to what he has to say,» he said at a press conference. Earlier, State Department spokesman Ned Price said that the United States had requested a conversation between Blinken and Lavrov. Moscow, according to the American side, has confirmed receipt of the request. to clarify the issues they want to discuss… As for Ukrainian grain, it would also probably be interesting to hear how they are going to fulfill the obligations that they assumed in the context of the UN Secretary General's initiative,» the Foreign Minister noted. Lavrov stressed that it was American sanctions that prevented Russia from implementing those contracts that were signed, due to restrictions on the passage of Russian ships, inflating Russian maritime insurance rates, and breaking financial chains. , as they say, the global economic crisis. Well, we'll see,» he said.
The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded a package implementation of the product deal
