The Russian delegation's car enters the Russian Consulate General in Istanbul, where a fresh circular of negotiations will take place between the Russian and US delegations.© Kirill Zykov
Diplomatic delegations from Russia and the US gathered in Istanbul, Turkey for talks behind closed doors.
The Russian delegation is led by the recently appointed Moscow Ambassador to Washington, Alexander Darchiev, while the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Sonata Coulter directs the US presence.Russian MFA spokesperson Maria Zacharova confirmed that the parties are focusing on “removing many obstacles, including method ones, which complicate diplomatic operations."According to Ambassador Darchiev Moscow seeks to remove "toxic heritage of the erstwhile American administration".In particular, he noted the request for ‘serious conversation’ on the return of diplomatic property taken over by the US – ‘key condition’ return to normalised bilateral relations.Visa and financial restrictions, freedom of movement of diplomats make what Darchiev described as "A tight knot of problems"."Now the Russian and American delegations are working together to unravel this" – He said.A short clip published by the Russian media on Thursday showed a minibus arriving at the gates of the Russian Consulate General in Istanbul.U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told the media before the gathering that "These talks focus solely on the activities of our embassy and not on normalization of general bilateral relations, which can happen, as we have noticed, only after the peace between Russia and Ukraine."According to Bruce, both parties do not intend to discuss any political or safety issues or conflict in Ukraine.The origin acquainted with the case told the TASS agency that the gathering would take respective hours, but it would likely be shorter than the erstwhile round, which was held on 27 February.
New talks take place after US president Donald Trump has engaged in active diplomacy with Russia, including a coordinated diplomatic effort to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
As a result, Washington and Moscow gradually began to reconstruct contacts that practically did not be for about 3 years under erstwhile U.S. president Joe Biden.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/615511-russia-talks-us-istanbul-restoring-relations/
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