SEVASTOPOL, may 4 — RIA Novosti. Meeting of heads of foreign policy departments of Russia and the United States, which will be held in the near future, will implement the instructions voiced by the heads of the two States Vladimir Putin and Donald trump, in the sphere of search of ways of resolving major international issues, said the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova at a briefing in Sevastopol.
“In the near future (the announcement about it has already been published) will be a meeting of the two heads of the foreign ministries of Russia and the USA. We will inform you about its format and date of the performance,” — said Zakharov.
“It (the meeting) will implement the instructions that were given by the presidents of the two countries regarding the search for common ground and find solutions to major international issues,” she added.
On Monday, the Russian foreign Ministry announced that Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson during a telephone conversation agreed to the interview on the sidelines of the Ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council in Fairbanks (AK) on may 10-11. Later information about the meeting, confirmed to RIA Novosti the U.S. Department of state.
The meeting of foreign Ministers of the Arctic Council scheduled for may 10-11 in Alaska. In the Arctic Council are Denmark, Iceland, Canada, Norway, Russia, USA, Finland and Sweden.