A delegation of Russian lawmakers is in the US for talks aimed at reviving Moscow-Washington relations, as Ukraine peace negotiations remain stalled.
MOSCOW: A group of Russian lawmakers is visiting the United States in a bid to help “revive” bilateral ties between Moscow and Washington.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the visit, stating the delegation hopes to contribute to renewed engagement.
“We hope that these first tentative steps will, of course, make their contribution to the further revival of our bilateral engagement,” Peskov told reporters.
The delegation is expected to meet US lawmakers in Washington this week.
The visit occurs against a backdrop of effectively frozen US-brokered talks to end the war in Ukraine.
Several negotiation rounds since Donald Trump returned to the White House have failed to break the deadlock.
The Kremlin has ruled out compromises to halt its four-year offensive in Ukraine.
Leonid Slutsky, head of Russia’s hardline Liberal Democrat party, named three delegation members.
They are Boris Chernyshov, a deputy parliament speaker, and MPs Vyacheslav Nikonov and Svetlana Zhurova.
All lawmakers in Russia’s rubber-stamp parliament are loyal to the Kremlin and support the Ukraine war.
Peskov said President Vladimir Putin set the “main directives” for the trip.
Putin will be “thoroughly briefed” after their meetings in the United States.
