Vladislav
Surkov has described their discussions with Victoria Nuland as "fruitful
and useful".
KALININGRAD,
January 15. /TASS/. Russian President’s aide Vladislav Surkov, who had a
meeting here on Friday with the U.S. Under-Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland,
has described their discussions as fruitful and useful.
"The consultations we had were detailed enough, fruitful and useful," Surkov said. "This is was brainstorming of a kind to tap compromise solutions."
"The consultations we had were detailed enough, fruitful and useful," Surkov said. "This is was brainstorming of a kind to tap compromise solutions."
"Ideas
were voiced on some extremely sensitive issues like the constitutional reform
(in Ukraine), security and elections," he said. "They can now be
discussed at the Contact Group (in charge of settling the armed civil conflict
in eastern Ukraine) or in the Normandy format (Russia, Germany, France, and
Ukraine)."
The
official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Kaliningrad, Pavel
Mamontov said earlier the meeting had been held in the town of Pionersky near
Kaliningrad where the Presidential Administration staff has a state mansion.
Surkov and
Nuland focused on the implementation of the Minsk accords.
The meeting
was organized as a follow-up to the talks, which President Vladimir Putin and
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had in Moscow with U.S. Secretary of State John
Kerry on December 15.
Source: ITAR-TASS 16-01-2016
Source: ITAR-TASS 16-01-2016
