The press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov appreciated the meeting between Sergey Lavrov and Donald Trump with "restrained optimism". According to Peskov, the meeting itself is a positive moment, but the countries still have a lot to work on their relations.
As reported, on May 10, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met in Washington with US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
According to Lavrov, he discussed with Trump the Ukrainian and Syrian issues, not touching the issue of sanctions against the Russian Federation.
Trump, in turn, Trump called the meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister "very, very good".