MOSCOW, January 18. /TASS/. Active preparations for a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken are underway, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a live broadcast on the Rossiya-1 TV Channel on Tuesday.
"I can, indeed, confirm that active work is underway on such a meeting between the heads of the Russian and US diplomatic agencies," the spokeswoman said, replying to a question about whether an encounter between Lavrov and Blinken in Europe could be expected soon.
Russia’s top diplomat and his US counterpart held a telephone talk earlier on Tuesday to discuss security guarantees between the two countries and further contacts.