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Deutsche Welle: US and Russia chief diplomats show ‘readiness’ to talk despite escalating tensions

Published Aug. 6, 2017 at 4:36 pm

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gestures before the 10th Lower Mekong Initiative Ministerial Meeting, part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional security forum in Manila on Aug. 6.

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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and US Secretary of State Tillerson have met for lengthy talks amidst rising tensions between the two nations. Their meeting follows fresh US sanctions and Russia’s US diplomat expulsion.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that despite tensions with Washington, he believed his US colleagues were prepared to keep communication lines open with Moscow.