© REUTERS/ Darren OrnitzRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry
The diplomats will discuss Washington's sanctions as well as the Syrian crisis.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry plan to meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministerial session in Peru, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Wednesday.
"The meeting is scheduled for [Thursday] November 17 local time. It will be late November 18 in Moscow," Ryabkov said.
He specified that the diplomats plan to discuss a range of issues on the bilateral agenda, including Washington's sanctions targeting Russia, in addition to the situation in Aleppo, Syria.
Comment: No progressive discussion so far.
Update: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his US counterpart John Kerry
met on the sidelines of this week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru. The situation in Syria was expected to top the diplomats' agenda.
Lavrov called the meeting "productive," while Kerry described it as "constructive."
"The contacts are bringing some result, but everything depends on the same issue, which is why the Americans had failed to fulfill our agreements with them, that is the differentiation between the so-called moderate opposition and Jabhat al-Nusra," Lavrov said.
"But, nonetheless, we will try to find a way out of this situation. I think John Kerry is sincerely interested in that."
Plenty of talk, no resolution. Meeting upon meeting. Air mile upon air mile. One resort after another. One expensive hotel after another. Why do I get the impression that these two don't want to find a resolution to anything. They should switch jobs and become travel correspondents.