Since Joe Biden took office as President of the United States, senior diplomats Anthony Brinken and Sergey Lavrov have expressed optimistic views at the first face-to-face meeting.

Senior diplomats from the United States and Russia held their first face-to-face dialogue. They acknowledged that although former Cold War enemies have serious differences in how they view world affairs, they can still find ways to cooperate on issues of mutual concern.

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Brinken said in his first meeting with senior diplomat Russian Foreign Secretary Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday that “it is no secret that we have differences,” but if the leaders of the two countries are together, The world will be safer to work together.

Lavrov praised the dialogue between the two sides as “constructive” and “helpful” and said that both sides understand the necessity of repairing the relationship.

The Russian News Agency quoted Lavrov as saying: “This dialogue is constructive for me.”

Bolinken said that Biden hopes to “establish a predictable and stable relationship with Russia” and said that the two countries can work together to resolve the coronavirus pandemic, address climate change, respond to the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea, and the war in Afghanistan.

Blinken said: “We think this is good for our people, it is good for the Russian people, and it is good for the world.”

The discussion marked the first high-level meeting between the two countries since Joe Biden assumed the presidency of the United States in January, which lasted one hour and forty-five minutes, one hour longer than expected.

Russian official media said that Lavrov said diplomats would prepare proposals for the earliest meeting between Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The official summary of the meeting by State Department spokesperson Ned Price did not mention a possible presidential summit.

Prince said Brinken expressed concern about Russia’s military deployment in Ukraine and its surrounding areas and improved the health of the detained Kremlin critic Alexei Navani. He also urged Russia to release American citizens Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed.

Since Biden took office as president in March, relations between the two countries have been fraught with tension. Biden said that he considered Putin to be a “killer” and prompted Moscow to recall its US ambassador for consultations. The envoy has not yet returned.

Lavrov said that there are “many deadlocks” in the relations between the two countries, and it is not easy to resolve them.

“But I feel Anthony Brinken and his team are determined to do this. We will not be forced to lack,” he said.

The deal Biden opposed was that half an hour after Wednesday’s meeting, the United States imposed sanctions on certain ships and entities involved in the construction of the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which would take Russian natural gas from the Arctic. To Germany. However, the US government decided to waive sanctions on the company and its CEO.

After a brief speech, Lavrov did not respond to loud calls about sanctions.

Before the announcement, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov (Sergey Ryabkov) had stated that abandoning these sanctions would help normalize relations between Moscow and Washington.

Lavrov described Russia’s position on the US side as “very simple”.

“We are ready to discuss all issues without exception, but we believe that the discussion is honest, factual, and of course there is a basis for mutual respect.”