Moscow/Washington, July 1 -- Russia has expressed its gratitude to the US for its mediation efforts in the Russia-Ukraine war, the Kremlin's presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said, reports state media TASS.
"Naturally, we are thankful for the efforts Washington and the (US President Donald) Trump team members are making to promote talks on the Ukrainian settlement," he said, commenting on US special envoy Keith Kellogg's remarks that Russia is allegedly seeking to protract the settlement process.
"You know that now we are to agree on the date for the third round (of talks). The agreement that were reached during the second round of Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul have been implemented until now," Peskov explained.
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