“We have a meeting scheduled for February 24, at the end of next week in Europe,” RIA Novosti quotes Blinken.

He noted that "in his response letter to Lavrov, he indicated that this assumes that during this time Russia will not attack Ukraine."

Earlier, the head of the press service of the State Department, Ned Price, said that Blinken accepted the date of negotiations proposed by Lavrov at the end of next week.

Lavrov commented on RT the possibility of a new meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.