Sergei Lavrov and Rex Tillerson will hold talks in Bonn
The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson today will hold full-fledged negotiations in Bonn at the meeting of foreign Ministers of the countries participating in the “group of twenty”, said the representative of the state Department.
“We expect that we will do what we did during these conversations in the past: to seek pragmatic and constructive cooperation in areas where our interests coincide” — quoted by TASS representative of the American Department.
The diplomat added that the conversation of the parties, “of course, is extremely important.” “The countering and counter-terrorism are those areas in which the Secretary of state hopes to see the development of possible ways of cooperation”, — said the representative of the state Department.
Earlier it was reported that one of the negotiation parties will also be Syrian settlement.
As reported by “Kommersant”, at the hearings in the Senate Mr. Tillerson criticized the Russian leadership for some of his foreign policy steps, but still made clear that he intends to cooperate with Russia on a range of issues.