Lavrov: the timing of the meeting with the United States on “irritants” in relations are still agreed

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the timing of negotiations with the United States “on the topic of irritants” is still in the process of coordination.

Answering the question about the meeting on this topic, the Foreign Minister said that it has not yet taken place. We agreed with [US Secretary of State] Marco Rubio that this would happen. Somewhere there, experts must agree on specific dates, a specific place, Lavrov said on the sidelines of the Valdai Discussion Club.

Lavrov noted that Russia has not yet heard “reassuring comments” from the US presidential administration about the return of diplomatic property.

On September 21, Russian Ambassador to Washington Alexander Darchiev announced Russia’s plans to hold contacts with the United States in the near future to “remove irritants” in bilateral relations. These are “technical issues,” including the reciprocal issuance of visas and the return of six Russian diplomatic properties de facto confiscated by the United States.