Russian, U.S. diplomats hold technical talks in Istanbul

Russian and U.S. diplomats met in Istanbul on Friday to discuss a number of technical issues in their relationship, Russia’s deputy foreign minister and the U.S. Embassy in Ankara said.

The war in Ukraine was not discussed, a U.S. Embassy spokesperson said.

Russia’s state-run TASS news agency cited the minister Sergei Ryabkov and reported the two sides would discuss “difficult questions” including visas, embassy staffing levels and the work of each side’s institutions and agencies abroad, among other unspecified issues.