The Americans are dining with Russia. He's in charge of the Kremlin delegation

The next circular of talks between US working delegations and Russia is scheduled for Thursday, April 10. According to the Russian Ministry of Diplomacy, the subjects of the talks to be held in Istanbul will be the normalisation of the functioning of the diplomatic posts of both countries. This will be the second circular of talks on this subject.

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The U.S. and Russia want to normalize the embassy business

The TASS agency shall clarify this. "The place, expert format and composition of the participants stay unchanged. The consultation will take place in Istanbul. The Russian delegation will be led by Aleksander Darchiev. The leader of the U.S. delegation will be Assistant Secretary of State Sonata Coulter,” reports TASS.

The decision to start talks on Russian and US embassies was made after Russia's abroad Minister, Sergei Lavrow, and US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, met on 18 February in Saudi Arabia.

Who is Russian Ambassador Alexander Darchiev?

Aleksander Darchiev (born 1960) in the Vladimir Putin administration is an expert in the affairs of the western hemisphere. He began his career in the MFA in 1992 and was immediately sent to the North American Department.

In 2003, he went to an outpost in Washington, D.C., where he was initially an advisor at the embassy and later Deputy Head of Mission. He was an ambassador to Canada from 2014 to 2021. Since October 2024, he has been a Russian ambassador to Washington.