Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

On June 1, Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov held a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. 

The ministers discussed the situation related to the Ukraine crisis.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio conveyed sincere condolences on the civilian casualties that resulted from the June 1 rail infrastructure blasts in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk regions.

The Russian side stressed that the relevant authorities were conducting a thorough investigation and that its results would be published soon. The culprits will certainly be identified and inevitably incur well-deserved punishment.

Sergey Lavrov and Marco Rubio also exchanged opinions on various initiatives related to a political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, including plans to resume the direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul on June 2.

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