Russia announces new meeting with the United States on Thursday

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Russian and US diplomats will meet again on Thursday in Istanbul after initial discussions on February 18 in Saudi Arabia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Wednesday.

“ Our diplomats and high-level experts will meet and discuss the systemic problems that have accumulated ,” Lavrov said at a press conference in Qatar.

“ The meeting will take place tomorrow [Thursday] in Istanbul ,” Lavrov added, quoted by the French agency AFP.

Lavrov visited Ankara on Monday.

Russia and the United States have resumed talks following a telephone conversation between their respective leaders, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, after nearly three years without high-level contacts due to the war in Ukraine.

Trump and Putin had a “long” and “very productive” conversation. The leaders agreed to “immediately” begin negotiations to end the war