“The specifics ... are there.
Visa changes are underway, employees are arriving, ”RIA Novosti quoted Zakharov as saying during the 23rd World Petroleum Congress.
He also stressed that "closing the gaps", especially regarding the 55 people who are to leave, is not a swiftly resolved issue.
The diplomat also answered the question of when to expect good news regarding the normalization of the issuance of visas for Russian diplomats.
“We ... are aiming for this.
But ... it doesn't happen so quickly, "Zakharov summed up.
Earlier, the United States Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan said that the American side cannot increase its diplomatic presence in Russia due to the fact that US diplomats are allegedly not issued Russian visas.
In November, the Russian ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, announced that the United States was delaying visa extensions for about 100 Russian diplomats.