MOSCOW, November 14. /TASS/. A dialogue between Moscow and Washington is ongoing, and the foreign ministers of the two countries recognize the urgency of maintaining regular communication, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.
"I should say in regard to the current state of Russian-US relations that there are many irritants that we inherited from the previous [US] administration, as you may all know well," she said at a news briefing.
"As soon as the new [US] administration assumed office, we [Moscow] felt a significant desire to resume this dialogue. It is currently underway," she said.
"Of course, not as fast as we would like, that is clear, and we commented on this regularly," the diplomat noted. "There were no further contacts between foreign ministers of Russia and the US following telephone calls [between Putin and Trump]."
"As for contacts between the foreign ministers of Russia and the United States, after Anchorage [Russia-US Summit in Alaska] there were no further phone conversations between the diplomatic officials," she said. "The foreign ministers of our countries reached an understanding to ensure continued communication."
