Commenting on a possible meeting between Lavrov and Blinken, John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator at the National Security Council, said that if the US Secretary of State had the opportunity to "catch Mr. Lavrov by the button," he would do it.
“Did you try to grab a tie?
There are also trousers, after all.
It will be necessary to introduce a special course in our Diplomatic Academy “Seizing the buttons of American diplomacy for lack of a straw,” Zakharova wrote in her Telegram channel.
Earlier, CNN, citing sources, reported that US President Joe Biden supported a plan to exchange Russian Viktor Bout for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.
Also, Lavrov, in a conversation with Blinken, called for a return to the mode of "quiet diplomacy" on the issue of a possible exchange of imprisoned citizens of Russia and the United States.