UNITED NATIONS, September 26. /TASS/. The talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York were held in a constructive atmosphere, with a focus on Ukraine and bilateral issues, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.
"There was a constructive atmosphere, truly a working one. The agenda following the Anchorage summit was discussed, with a focus on the situation around Ukraine, and, again, in furtherance of the understandings achieved in Alaska, the search for paths to a peaceful resolution was acknowledged. Of course, work was underway, as the American side stated, on the root causes of the crisis and their resolution. The broad agenda of bilateral relations was considered. There was a constructive working atmosphere," she noted.
Zakharova noted that the Russian delegation has already held several meetings with Rubio on the sidelines of various events, but it would be right to say that the foreign ministers held their first full-scale talks in New York.
"I believe this is the first meeting, not in a truncated one, but standard bilateral negotiations. Everything that happened before - in the Middle East or Asia - was, after all, targeted contacts and meetings. This time we had full-fledged, full-scale negotiations, as is traditionally expected," she said.
