Russia's Lavrov says 'nothing is happening' with US-Russia relations

MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters) - ‌Russian Foreign ​Minister ​Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that many positive things were being said about the ‌enormous potential of U.S.-Russia relations, but that ⁠in reality "nothing is happening".

After winning the 2024 U.S. presidential election, ‌Donald Trump re-established U.S. ‌dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin and has repeatedly promised to end the war in Ukraine ​though peace has so far proven elusive.

Lavrov said that "good words" about cooperation on technology, ⁠energy and other projects had so far come to nothing, but that ​Moscow appreciated Trump's initiation of dialogue with Moscow.

"However, nothing is happening in real life," ​Lavrov, who has served as ‌Russia's foreign minister since 2004, told RT India in English, according to ⁠a transcript supplied by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Lavrov added that the dialogue with Moscow that did occur was ⁠in the same vein as that under former U.S. President ​Joe Biden: "Aside from this regular dialogue - which is normal in relations between people and countries - everything else follows the ‌pattern initiated by President Biden," Lavrov said.

"The sanctions imposed under him have remained ‌in force. Moreover, the Trump administration has adopted ⁠its own initiatives in ‌order to punish ​Russia’s economy."

(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Lucy Papachristou and Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Andrew ‌Osborn)

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