# Lavrov: Relations must be normalized to launch comprehensive US-Russia dialogue

https://mins.news/en/item/60996

- TASS, 2026-09-16 13:19 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2188489

> Russia and the United States maintain contacts in some areas, but their broader relations need to be normalized before comprehensive dialogue can begin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. He praised the Trump administration’s willingness to engage Moscow and described Europeans as “arrogant and not very rational.”

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