Russia is ready to work with Donald Trump’s incoming administration to improve relations, but the first move must come from Washington, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
"If the signals coming from the new team in Washington to restore dialogue, interrupted after the start of the special military operation, are serious, of course, we will respond," Lavrov told reporters in Moscow.
"If the signals coming from the new team in Washington to restore dialogue, interrupted after the start of the special military operation, are serious, of course, we will respond," Lavrov told reporters in Moscow.
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00:00The signals that come from the Trump team are that they are interested in resuming the dialogue, and this is absolutely reasonable and normal.
00:16Even when there are hostile relations between the countries, it is always good to support the dialogue, to see who wants to convey something to the interlocutor.
00:31This is the meaning of diplomacy. Diplomats communicate even during wars.
00:38Therefore, if there are signals coming from the new team in Washington to resume the dialogue interrupted by Washington after the start of the special military operation,
00:53if they are serious, of course, we will respond to them.
00:57But the dialogue was interrupted by the Americans, so they should take the first step.
01:01I repeat, we are waiting for the official formulation of the Trump administration's policy towards Russia.
01:08If Washington takes into account our legal interests, the dialogue will be useful and effective.
01:18If it is not taken into account, everything will remain as it is.