TOKYO, November 4. /TASS/. There are currently no prospects for the resumption of dialogue between Russian and US lawmakers, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council (the upper house of parliament) Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev told reporters in Tokyo on Monday.

"There are no prospects in sight at the moment. There is actually an anti-Russian consensus in the US Congress," he noted. According to Kosachev, Russian legislators continue to hold meetings with some US senators, discussing ways to restore cooperation between the two countries’ lawmakers, but those who support this idea remain in the minority in the Congress.

Kosachev pointed out that he had met with US Senator Michael Lee in Moscow in September. "Such meetings usually focus on ways to restore cooperation between lawmakers. However, Mr Michael Lee and my other counterparts find themselves in the minority upon their return to Washington because other members of the US Senate and the House of Representatives don’t support them, so there has been no real thaw in relations and it is unlikely to happen in the foreseeable future ," Kosachev said.