Moscow's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov are present at the talks. Sitting across from them are three American negotiators: Mike Waltz, Assistant to the President for National Security, Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, and Steven Witkoff, Special Envoy for the Middle East.

At the meeting, they plan to consider the restoration of the entire range of bilateral relations, as well as preparations for the summit of the leaders of Russia and the United States and possible negotiations on a settlement in Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump had a telephone conversation last Wednesday that lasted almost an hour and a half. The leaders discussed issues related to the exchange of Russian and US citizens, as well as the cessation of hostilities in Ukraine. ria.ru.