Russia's Lavrov: Moscow ready to make steps to improve Russia-US ties - Reuters

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was reported by Reuters, as saying that Moscow is willing to do anything to break the stand-off between the US and Russia.

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“We are ready to cover our part of the way to drive the mutual ties from the impasse,”

Lavrov added, however, that the situation between the two governments kept worsening due to Washington actions.

“We are taking seriously statements by Trump on a willingness to set up a normal dialogue between our countries.”

“If some positive impulses at all come from the U.S. leader, they are being fully offset by soaring Russophobia in the U.S. establishment, which sees our country as a threat to the U.S. political supremacy.”