Antonov Says Offered To Organize Lavrov-Pompeo Meeting At UNGA, Regrets It Did Not Happen

MONTEREY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 13th October, 2018) Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov told reporters that he offered to organize a bilateral meeting between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York in September.

"It's a pity that there was no possibility for our ministers of foreign affairs to meet each other during the high-level week at the UN General Assembly," Antonov said in California on Friday. "I have offered the United States to organize such a meeting on the margins of the UN General Assembly but to my regret [sic], I don't want to name anybody, there was no any conversation between our Ministers."

Lavrov told a press conference at the UN General Assembly that current US-Russia relations are probably the worst ever since the establishment of diplomatic ties between Moscow and Washington.