“There are those who are optimistic and there are those who are pessimistic about this issue.

The NATO-Russia and US-Russia dialogue will be crucial.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and US Secretary of State Blinken will meet in Geneva.

The tension remains, it is serious.

We will continue our contacts.

The goal is to reduce tension, ”he told reporters, his words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

Earlier, the official representative of the Turkish leader, Ibrahim Kalin, said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan invited the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky, to discuss differences.

As noted in the Kremlin, Moscow is interested in Ankara being able to "move" Kiev to the implementation of previously taken agreements.