MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th August, 2018) After the Helsinki summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump the two countries have been elaborating concrete steps to ensure the effective cooperation between Moscow and Washington, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview released on Tuesday.
Lavrov recalled that during July's summit Putin and Trump agreed to overcome existing differences in order to preserve strategic stability, fight international terrorism and other modern challenges and deal with regional crises.
"Currently concrete steps are being elaborated in order to ensure effective interaction on various fronts," the Russian foreign minister told Slovakia's Pravda newspaper.
Lavrov, at the same time, stressed that the main challenge was the US internal political conjuncture, which opposed vigorously any attempts to improve relations with Moscow.
According to the minister, the strained relations between Russia and the United States have adverse effect on the both countries.
"It is evident that the negative dynamic of relations is counterproductive for the both countries and creates additional risks for the entire international security architecture," Lavrov stressed.
Putin and Trump met for their first full-fledged summit in Helsinki on July 16. The two presidents had a one-on-one private conversation followed by an expanded meeting. Putin and Trump discussed the current state of bilateral relations along with pressing issues on the international agenda.
