OREANDA-NEWS Moscow is preparing for a new round of consultations with the United States on bilateral relations, considers them useful for checking hours, but there are no deadlines yet, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Bilateral consultations on normalizing the work of embassies and removing irritants in bilateral relations were held in Istanbul in December. Commenting on their results, Ryabkov in an interview with RIA Novosti noted that the issue of the number of diplomatic missions of the Russian Federation and the United States was not discussed. In general, the situation in this area is "quite complicated and has its own background," so "dialogue on these subjects is important in principle, we will continue it," he added.

"As for the next round of Russian-American consultations, to date, their dates and place have not been determined. In general, we consider them useful for checking watches. There is no other way to find common ground in order to somehow shift the accumulated pile of problems from the dead point. Now we are engaged in routine preparatory work for the next meeting. We hope that the tactics of small steps will eventually lead to mutually acceptable solutions on the most important issues on the bilateral agenda," the Deputy Minister stressed.