A date for a new round of Russia-US talks has not yet been set, but the parties are in constant contact, including on the issue of eliminating mutual irritants, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, APA reports citing TASS.
According to the Russian diplomat, Moscow sees that Washington is interested in the restoration of relations.
Zakharova pointed out that two rounds of consultations on the so-called "irritant Russia-US" relations had already taken place, and a third was supposed to take place, but "the American side decided to postpone it."
"I can say that, of course, all of the anticipated results were ruined, because during the rule of the Biden-Obama pack, a lot of things were wasted, so there were primary results, there were intermediate results, we managed to resolve some issues, but a lot more needs to be done," she said.
"This is why, there is no definite date for consultations at the moment, but I can say that there is a dialogue still underway between the Russian Embassy in Washington and the US Department of State, and communications are also maintained here in Moscow, including on the topic of the so-called irritants and their removal," Zakharova added.
She pointed out that Russia and the United States had never severed official diplomatic relations, until the administrations of Democratic presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama "resorted to all possible tools to ensure that, while maintaining formal mutual diplomatic status, Russian Embassies, Consulates, Trade Missions and of the Russian media, they were discomforted."
Zakharova said that the American side poses intentions to restore the previous level of ties with the Russian Federation.
"They are obviously talking about this, their representatives in various spheres. I mean civil society, business circles, say that it would be nice to restore relations saying they understand that this cannot be achieved instantly but surely there should be an interest in this," she added.
