The Kremlin spokesman said Moscow and Washington had not broached the issue of lifting anti-Russia sanctions.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there have been no talks between Russia and the United States about the lifting of sanctions.

“We have already said that there have been none,” Peskov told reporters.

The Kremlin monitors and analyzes international contacts maintained by the new administration in the United States, he said.

“Naturally, we are closely monitoring Washington’s international contacts, we register the contacts that are carried out,” Peskov told reporters when asked to asses US contacts with Japan and China.

“Of course, the analysis of what is happening on the international arena is an integral part of the daily work that takes place in Moscow,” Peskov added.

Since 2014, relations between Russia and the European Union and the United States, deteriorated amid the crisis in Ukraine.

Brussels, Washington and their allies introduced several rounds of sanctions against Russia on the pretext of its alleged involvement in the Ukrainian conflict, which Moscow has repeatedly denied. In response to the restrictive measures, Russia has imposed a food embargo on some products originating in countries that have targeted it with sanctions.

Source: Sputnik