The Russian Ambassador clarified the topics of the future meeting with the United States “on irritants in relations”

Russia plans in the near future to hold contacts with the United States to “remove irritants in bilateral relations,” said TASS Ambassador in Washington Alexander Darchiev. The date of the contacts and their format he did not specify.

Mr. Darchiev said that the agenda will include technical issues, including the mutual issuance of visas, as well as the “return of the de facto confiscated by the American side” of six Russian diplomatic properties. “In the near future, it is planned to hold a number of regular contacts at the working level on bilateral irritants in Russian-American relations both in Washington and in Moscow,” the ambassador said.

There are seven Russian diplomatic properties in the United States, including consulates general in Seattle and San Francisco, the Killenworth estate on Long Island, and a trade mission in Washington. They were arrested in 2017 as part of anti-Russian sanctions. The fact that in the near future Moscow and Washington are planning a meeting on “irritants”, the day before also said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.