Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said today that diplomats have worked to iron out remaining “vexing” issues in relations between the two countries, but the main issues remain unresolved, Russian news agency Interfax reported.
For this reason, as Ryabkov claimed, a round of bilateral contacts is expected to take place again in the early spring of 2026. The two countries are discussing ways to resolve a series of conflicts that create problems in the work of their respective embassies, while the term “vexing issues” usually describes differences such as diplomatic restrictions, issues related to sanctions, the operation of embassies and other obstacles to the normalization of relations. (nuclear control etc).
Separate discussions on Ukraine and Venezuela
These talks are separate from the Russian-American negotiations on the war in Ukraine.
Russia has also conveyed to the US its concerns regarding Washington’s actions in Venezuela, Ryabkov also said, according to Russian news agencies.
Trump’s campaign to pressure Venezuela includes an increased military presence in the region and more than two dozen military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels.
