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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, June 2 (Xinhua) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a telephone conversation on Sunday. The parties discussed the situation related to the crisis around Ukraine. The corresponding information was published by the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the same day.
US Secretary of State M. Rubio expressed his sincere condolences over the civilian casualties resulting from the bombings of railway infrastructure in the Bryansk and Kursk regions on June 1.
The Russian side emphasized that the competent authorities are conducting the most thorough investigation and the results will be published in the nearest future. The guilty parties will definitely be identified and will inevitably suffer the punishment they deserve.
S. Lavrov and M. Rubio also exchanged views on various initiatives concerning the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, including plans to resume direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul on June 2. –0–