Russia expects contact with US to discuss bilateral issues in coming weeks: Report

Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday that a Russia-US contact to discuss “mutual irritants” in bilateral relations may take place in the coming weeks, the TASS news agency reported.

He also said that European countries were trying to sabotage agreements reached by Russia and the United States at the Alaska summit, but Moscow expected Washington to continue its efforts.

“We proceed from the fact that there will be no deviations from these understandings (reached in Alaska). We expect that this is how the situation will ultimately be perceived in Kyiv and in the European capitals, where there is outright sabotage,” TASS quoted Ryabkov as saying.