Consultations between Russia and the United States in Istanbul on the normalization of the work of the embassies have ended. They lasted almost six hours.
The meeting ended without statements to the media. The car with the American delegation was the first to leave the territory of the Russian Consulate General in Istanbul, where the consultations were held.
The results of the talks are expected to be summarized later by the foreign ministries of both countries.
The Russian delegation at the second meeting was again headed by Ambassador to Washington Alexander Darchiev (in February he held the position of Director of the North Atlantic Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), and the American delegation was headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Sonata Coulter.
The first round of consultations in Istanbul was held on February 27. The closed-door conversation then lasted more than six hours and was hosted by the American consulate in Turkey's largest city.