Representatives of Russia and the United States in the coming days will hold the second round of consultations in Istanbul to normalize the work of diplomatic missions, the speaker of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said. “The venue, expert format and composition of the meeting participants remain unchanged,” she said. The Russian delegation will be headed by the Russian Ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, and the American assistant to the Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, Sonata Coultter. As earlier, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said, the consultations in Istanbul will be held on April 10. The delegations of the Russian Federation and the United States were met in Istanbul on February 27. The meeting lasted more than six hours and took place in a format closed to the media. After the consultation was completed, the American side announced that at the meeting “steps were determined to normalize the functioning of the diplomatic mission of the two countries.” The Russian side reported that she proposed to restore direct air traffic between countries in negotiations. (Tagstotranslate) News
