A Russian interdepartmental delegation has arrived in Geneva to take part in US-Russian talks on security guarantees, the Russian Foreign Ministry said
“A Russian interdepartmental delegation led by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has arrived in Geneva to take part in the US-Russia talks on security guarantees”, – the statement said.
The first meeting between the Russian and US delegations is already scheduled for this evening in a dinner format – “preliminary” talks. The main part of the discussions will take place on Monday, in a closed format, on the premises of the US post office to the Geneva office of the UN. The US delegation at the talks is led by First Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman.
Tomorrow’s US-Russia consultations will be followed by a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in Brussels on 12 January and consultations in Vienna at the site of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe