Lavrov pointed to common sense in the position of the new US administration.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pointed to the sanity of the administration of US President Donald Trump in moving away from previous attitudes of refusing to make contact with Russia. He made the corresponding statement on April 14 in an interview with the newspaper Kommersant.

"And the only thing that makes sense is that people came and told us, 'We have a lot of problems, a lot of contradictions, but it's idiocy inherited from the last administration that we don't talk to you,'" he said.

According to Lavrov, representatives of Moscow and Washington should make every effort to prevent confrontation between the two countries.

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During the same conversation, Lavrov denied receiving offers from the United States to discuss strategic relations. As Lavrov pointed out, if the Russian Federation receives a corresponding proposal, Moscow will outline its vision of equal negotiations.