Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov confirmed the meeting between diplomats of Russia and the United States, APA reports citing Reuters.
The two sides would discuss "difficult questions" including visas, embassy staffing levels, and the work of each side's institutions and agencies abroad, among other unspecified issues.
Ryabkov said the meeting was between heads of department from the Russian Foreign Ministry and the U.S. State Department - a relatively low level.
He said it was a technical meeting and should not be seen as a sign the two sides were ready to resume discussing "major issues".
Both the Russian embassy in Washington and the U.S. embassy in Moscow have been cut back significantly in recent years in a series of tit-for-tat expulsions that have seen dozens of Russian and U.S. diplomats sent back to their home countries.
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Representatives from Russia and United States meet in Istanbul, APA reports citing Reuters.
The report said the two sides would discuss a set of “difficult questions” including visas, embassy staffing levels and the work of each side’s institutions and agencies abroad, among other unspecified issues.
Both the Russian embassy in Washington and the U.S. embassy in Moscow have been cut back significantly in recent years in a series of tit-for-tat expulsions that have seen dozens of Russian and U.S. diplomats sent back to their home countries.
Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin and U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns met in the Turkish capital Ankara on Nov. 14 in the highest-level face-to-face contact between the two sides since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
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