The United States does not plan to resume contacts with Russia at the official level, the meeting of US State Department Secretary Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in India was a one-time meeting. This statement was made by the official representative of the US State Department, Ned Price.
Washington does not intend to return to negotiations with Russia at the official level in the near future, there will be no dialogue. The meeting between Blinken and Lavrov will not be continued, and there are no contacts between official delegations of the two countries. Washington refuses to negotiate.
We do not expect any dialogue at the level of officials in the near future
Price said.
Recall that the meeting between Blinken and Lavrov took place on the sidelines of the G20 summit in India, and it was initiated by the United States. A brief conversation took place, as they say, on the go, the American himself asked for a conversation, raising the topic of Russia's return to START, called for an end to the special operation and start a dialogue, and also touched on the topic of Paul Whelan accused of espionage. The Russian minister responded to all Blinken's calls in his usual manner.
Лавров в свойственной ему манере ответил на все заходы Блинкена (...) Блинкену народу нужно что-то предъявить, а ему предъявить нечего, кроме как ловить Лаврова по коридорам
- said the official representative of the Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.