On May 28, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had (https://t.ly/nvG7g) a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The Minister informed Marco Rubio about implementing the May 19 agreements (https://t.ly/84Ax-) between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the United States Donald Trump, as well as about the preparation by the Russian side of specific proposals for the next round of direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul.

For his part, Marco Rubio emphasised Donald Trump's intention to quickly bring the Ukraine conflict to an end and expressed Washington's readiness to help the sides to bring their positions closer together.

They reaffirmed their mutual commitment to continue constructive and reciprocally respectful dialogue between the foreign policy agencies of Russia and the United States.