Peskov: Putin to receive Kerry in Sochi todayRussian President Vladimir Putin will meet with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Sochi today, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said."Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be present at the talks," TASS cited him as saying."The agenda is extremely broad, of course," Peskov noted.The main issue of the meeting will be the bilateral relations between Russia and America, but the question of sanctions would not be raised. "If our interlocutors will bring up this topic, we, of course, express our position, but in general, this is not our topic," the spokesman said."It’s very positive that US Secretary of State decided to hold talks with his colleague," Peskov stressed."We know that a huge number of ministerial meetings are held in various international formats. Now he’s made the decision to fly to Moscow, a fact which is positive in itself, because we have already repeatedly stated at various levels and our president has said that Russia has never initiated the relations’ freeze and we are always open for displays of the political will for a broader dialogue. Because dialogue helps us find ways to achieve certain normalization, closer coordination of decisions," he concluded.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Sochi today, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
"Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be present at the talks," TASS cited him as saying.
"The agenda is extremely broad, of course," Peskov noted.
The main issue of the meeting will be the bilateral relations between Russia and America, but the question of sanctions would not be raised. "If our interlocutors will bring up this topic, we, of course, express our position, but in general, this is not our topic," the spokesman said.
"It’s very positive that US Secretary of State decided to hold talks with his colleague," Peskov stressed.
"We know that a huge number of ministerial meetings are held in various international formats. Now he’s made the decision to fly to Moscow, a fact which is positive in itself, because we have already repeatedly stated at various levels and our president has said that Russia has never initiated the relations’ freeze and we are always open for displays of the political will for a broader dialogue. Because dialogue helps us find ways to achieve certain normalization, closer coordination of decisions," he concluded.
