Russia is ready for talks with the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, according to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking yesterday in an interview with journalist Marina Kim for the Novy Mir (“New World”) program. Excerpts of the interview were aired on Rossiya-1 television, according to TASS.
“During the Valdai International Discussion Club meeting, President Vladimir Putin said that he always stayed open for any communications. We were not the ones to stop communicating. The ball is in their court,” Lavrov said in response to a question. He said earlier: “We will refrain from making any guesses or trying to predict the future. Instead, we will judge them by what they do, not say.”
