On February 15, at the American initiative, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the US Secretary of State E. Blinken.
Our side stressed the need to continue working together, as agreed by Presidents Vladimir Putin and J.Biden, in a telephone conversation on February 12, in the context of the proposals on security guarantees submitted by the United States and NATO, S.V. Lavrov emphasized the inadmissibility of aggressive rhetoric whipped up by Washington and its closest allies, calling for a pragmatic dialogue on the entire range of issues raised by Russia with an emphasis on the principle of indivisibility of security.
The foreign ministers discussed the schedule of upcoming contacts at various levels.
