Thursday, May 20, 2021

US, Russia acknowledge ‘serious differences’ but stress dialogue | Al Jazeera

The United States and Russia’s top diplomats have held their first in-person talks acknowledging that while the former Cold War foes have serious differences over how they view world affairs they can still find ways to work together on issues of mutual interest.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in his first meeting on Wednesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, a veteran diplomat, said it was “no secret that we have our differences”, but that the world would be safer if the two countries’ leaders worked together.

Lavrov praised the talks as “constructive” and “useful”, saying both sides understood the need to mend ties.

“The conversation appeared constructive to me,” Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies following the discussions in Reykjavik....

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