Russian authorities have asked Washington to lift sanctions versus its flagship airline company Aeroflot to resume direct flights with the United States but have not yet received a response, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrovsaid Friday.We made this deal at themeeting in [Saudi Arabia] more than a month ago, Lavrov told reporters in Kazakhstan.
The Americans considered it, however up until now we have not seen any response.Aeroflots shares on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MOEX)climbed up by as much as 4% following Lavrovs comments.Aeroflot was cut off from a lot of its most profitable paths after Western countries closed their airspace to Russian planes in retaliation to its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Western sanctions have actually also seen airplane producers Boeing and Airbus stop their products of replacement parts, affecting 95% of Aeroflots fleet.Last month, the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia required theremoval of sanctions on Russias aviation sector as a humanitarian need amidst reports that the White House had actually purchased a list of entities and individuals eligible for possible sanctions relief.The Kremlin has actually called sanctions relief as a requirement for stabilizing U.S.-Russia relations.Also on Friday, Lavrov stated that some progress might have been made at Thursdays U.S.-Russiantalks in Istanbul, which focused on stabilizing the operations of their diplomatic objectives.
He stated he has not yet been briefed on that meeting.The U.S.
State Department and Russias Ambassador in Washington Alexander Darchiyevsaid the sides exchanged notes to settle an understanding to guarantee the stability of diplomatic banking for Russian and U.S.
bilateral missions.The 2nd round of Istanbul talks did not appear to make progress on bring back direct flight, political analyst Vladimir Frolov wrote on X.During his interview on Friday, Lavrov alerted versus overemphasizing the progress that has been made so far in the recent U.S.-Russia talks, as well as the extent to which relations with Washington can be improved.I think that we need to not flatter ourselves [about contacts between Russia and the U.S.], however going for normalization based upon mutual recognition and regard for the nationwide interests of each country is entirely reasonable and necessary, the foreign minister said.A Message from The Moscow Times: Dear readers, We are dealing with unprecedented difficulties.
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