Kerry flew to Sochi for talks with Putin and Lavrov. Waiting … – Gazeta.pl

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The first caller is Lavrov, the head of US diplomacy which meets in the hotel Rodina. Lavrov arrived for talks at the wheel of the white Pobeda, the car produced in the former USSR in the 40s and 50s

Earlier, the two ministers laid wreaths before the monument commemorating Sochi residents who died during the Great Patriotic War, as Russia is determined that Part II World War I, in which the USSR fought on the side of the anti-Hitler coalition (years 1941-1945).

The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Putin will accept Kerry.

Kerry in Russia after two years

As a result of annexation of the Crimea, Moscow’s support for separatists in the Ukrainian Donbas and sanctions imposed on Russia by the US for its aggressive policy towards Ukraine’s Russian-American relations are in the deepest crisis since the Cold War.

Despite the tension between Moscow – Washington foreign ministers of the two countries maintain regular contacts – personal and telephone. Previously they are seen in March in the Swiss Lausanne on the occasion of talks on the Iranian nuclear program. Over the phone the last time confer on May 5 at the initiative of Washington. The main topic of conversation was the situation in Donbas.

A trip to Sochi is the first two years Kerry’s visit in Russia. From there it will be to Antalya in Turkey for a meeting of foreign ministers of NATO countries.

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