“We do not refuse contacts, and when appropriate proposals are received, we agree.
Our partners want to meet quietly so that no one knows about this, please, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
At the same time, he stressed that Russia itself would not take any steps towards a dialogue with the West.
“But in the situation in which we are now, Russia will not take any first steps,” he added.
Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced an ongoing armed conflict between Russia and the collective West in Ukraine.