Russia Says Ready for Constructive Dialogue with US
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - With Donald Trump inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States, Russia has said it will be ready to contribute to a constructive dialogue with Washington.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow and President Vladimir Putin have time and again stated that Russia is "ready to walk its part of the path to move the dialogue with Washington into constructive mode."
The move, Lavrov added, is aimed at finding "effective answers to the challenges of terrorism and other multiple modern challenges first of all."
The Russian foreign minister made the remarks at the opening ceremony of political consultations among members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Moscow on Friday, Press TV Reported
Lavrov also stated that Moscow would keep an eye on "the pre-election declarations" of Trump, which included a joint fight against the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
Trump has called for better relations between the Kremlin and the White House.
The ties between Washington and Moscow have deteriorated over the conflict in eastern Ukraine since 2014.
The United States, the European Union and some other Western countries have imposed several rounds of sanctions against Russia over accusations that Moscow has been involved in the crisis in Ukraine, which has killed nearly 10,000 people to date. The Kremlin strongly rejects the allegations.
On Thursday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev described degrading Russo-US relations as a major foreign policy blunder of the administration of former US President Barack Obama.
