A Russian delegation including foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov has arrived in Saudi Arabia for high-level talks with US officials. The Rossiya 24 news channel showed the officials disembarking a plane in the Saudi capital Riyadh. \”The main thing is to begin a real normalisation of relations between us and Washington,\” Ushakov told a reporter after landing. The talks are expected to last for several days, Russian state TV reported Monday. The Russian foreign minister is expected to meet with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Riyadh before returning home to Moscow on Tuesday. The meeting is not expected to take place until the end of the week, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement. The US State Department said it has no immediate comment on the reports. The meetings are not scheduled to last more than a few days, the statement said, adding that the US and Russia have a long history of working together on issues of mutual interest. The U.S. State Department has not commented on the report.
A Russian delegation including foreign minister Sergei Lavro….
