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WASHINGTON, May 10. /TASS/. A meeting of US President Donald Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has ended, the Russian Foreign Ministry told TASS on Wednesday.
The talks lasted for about 40 minutes behind closed doors.
Russia-US relations
Moscow and Washington can and should solve global issues together, Lavrov said following his meetings with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and US President Donald Trump.
"I had a bilateral meeting with Rex Tillerson, then the two of us were received by President Trump," the Russian top diplomat said. "We discussed, first and foremost, our cooperation on the international stage."
The Russian top diplomat said dialogue with Trump was non-politicized and Trump team members are people of action.
Lavrov said agreement reached with Tillerson to continue using diplomatic channel to discuss Russian-US relations. He added that Trump confirmed interest in building mutually beneficial relations between the US and- Russia.
The top diplomat added Russian diplomatic property issue was discussed in Washington.
De-escalation zones in Syria
Lavrov believes Syria has areas where US might contribute to operation of de-escalation zones. "We have confirmed our interest in the US’ most active role in those issues," Lavrov said. "I imagine the Americans are interested in this too."
"We proceed from the fact they will take up the initiative," he added. "We have thoroughly discussed the Syrian issue, particularly the ideas related to setting up de-escalation zones," the Russian top diplomat said. "We share an understanding that this should become a common step aimed at putting an end to violence across Syria," he added.
Lavrov said Russia and the US share understanding of Syrian de-escalation zones’ geography, Washington is interested in solving issues.
Russia is ready to cooperate with the US in setting up de-escalation zones in Syria, Lavrov stressed. Trump confirmed that defeating terrorism in Syria is Washington’s main priority.
"We have agreed we will be working together in the format of Astana (talks) which the United States attends as an observer," Lavrov said. "We have praised the constructive contribution the US made at the last meeting."
"We will be cooperating in the format of the Geneva process which, according to (UN Special Envoy for Syria) Staffan de Mistura, will be resumed the very next week," he said.
Anti-Russian sanctions
Lavrov said the issue of anti-Russian sanctions was not discussed at the talks.
"We did not discuss the sanctions. This is not our problem, these are unilateral actions that were taken against us," the foreign minister said.
Lavrov noted Russia would prefer not to use the right to retaliate for US sanctions imposed by Obama's administration in December 2016.
According to Lavrov, the talks mentioned the Palestinian-Israeli settlement, the situation in Afghanistan, and also the fulfillment of the Minsk accords on the political settlement in east Ukraine.
"We agreed to continue working contacts on these issues and look for ways to bring closer the positions of all the parties concerned," the Russian foreign minister said.
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