Lavrov held talks with the deputy head of the State Department

According to the Russian minister, he discussed relations between the two countries with him.

“We know that he is undergoing the approval process for the post of ambassador, we discussed how to solve the accumulated problems in our relations,” Lavrov said.

As the Russian Foreign Minister noted, this was a “useful conversation.”

Earlier, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved Sullivan's candidacy for the post of American ambassador to Russia.

On November 8, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov expressed hope that if appointed as ambassador to Russia, he would help bring relations between the two countries out of an “extremely difficult state”.