ST. PETERSBURG: Moscow is ready to continue contacts with Washington that started during the meeting in Anchorage, Russian Foreign Ministr...
ST. PETERSBURG: Moscow is ready to continue contacts with Washington that started during the meeting in Anchorage, Russian Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has told TASS in an interview.
When asked whether Russia-US talks still remained a possibility almost a year after the meeting in Anchorage, she answered positively, adding that "no one on both sides has walked out" of the talks.
"We would like this dialogue to be more intensive and more effective, and there are all opportunities for that," Zakharova said. "We, on our part, are ready to work, so, naturally, the work continues."
In the spotlight
In the spokeswoman’s words, at this point the situation in the Middle East is in the focus of the majority of US government agencies.
"And, of course, this could not help but affect the situation which they initially declared to be their priority, and, at the early stages, described as the one which can easily be resolved," Zakharova said. "This is how they explain it: they are now fully invested in the situation caused by their own aggression against Iran and, in general, in what is happening there now."
At the same time, the diplomat added that despite the Middle East issue, Russian-US contacts continue, and the embassies keep working, although in a "very limited" way.
"Literally just a few days ago, on May 25, a phone conversation between our top diplomats has taken place. Questions pertaining to the situation around Ukraine and other issues were discussed," she said.
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