The talks in Riyadh took place between Russia and the US delegations on February 18 without preparations. This was stated in an interview with the documentary "Diplomacy as a Life". I prefer the honest path, "the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry is available.
The head of the department noted that the meeting took place after the telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump. According to Lavrov, Russia is due to the fact that not the current leader of the White House, but his previous Joe Biden has "cut off" countries.
"Donald Trump was well aware of that and called himself. <...> Then during a telephone conversation, he agreed to meet in Riyadh. Three days after the phone conversation, we jumped there. So there was no preparation. "I mean bilateral," the minister said.
The Russia-US meeting, which took place in the capital of Saudi Arabia, was dedicated to the restoration of cooperation in a number of economic projects, as well as the preparation of possible contacts on the Ukrainian settlement and the organization of the two presidents.
After the talks, Russian presidential assistant Yuri Ushakov said that they were not bad. Moscow and Washington have agreed to develop bilateral relations and take into account each other's interests. He added that the parties will work to create conditions for the meeting of the Presidents of Russia and the United States.
Translation of: Euromedia24, com
