The deputy head of the State Department spoke about the conditions for improving relations between Russia and the United States

“Improving bilateral relations depends on Moscow’s commitment to the Minsk agreements,” the State Department said in a statement.

The deputy head of the state department also added that improving relations depends on "stopping efforts to undermine our democratic processes."

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with John Sullivan on the sidelines of the meeting of the G20 Foreign Ministers in Nagoya.