Russian Foreign Minister: Russia Has No Illusions On Quickly Restoring Ties With The U.S.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks at a State Duma plenary meeting.© Vladimir Fedorenko / Sputnik

RT: Moscow has ‘no naive expectations’ about resetting ties with US – Lavrov

Russia does not have any “illusions” or “naive expectations” regarding a reset in the relationship with Washington under the new US administration, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

The minister provided his views on bilateral ties while talking to Russian lawmakers on Wednesday.

"We have no illusions that there will be a new ‘reset’ with the United States, we have no naive expectations," Lavrov said.

New US President Donald Trump recently said that he would consider certain deals with Russia, including on the limitation of nuclear weapons, in exchange for lifting parts of the sanctions on Moscow.

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Update #1: Moscow: 'No illusions' about quickly restoring ties with U.S. -- AP
Update #2: Lavrov says only time can heal damage done to US-Russia ties by Obama administration -- TASS

WNU Editor: Ukraine is a problem. Cyber-hacking is a problem. How the U.S. and Russia will coordinate their policies in the Middle East is a problem. And Russian sanctions is .... in the eyes of Moscow .... a huge problem. But overall .... there is a lot of common ground between the U.S. and Russia to grow on.