The meeting of Russian and US parliamentarians, held on Tuesday in the State Duma, was constructively and rigidly controversial, despite the discussion of acute issues, Leonid Slutsky, head of the Duma’s international affairs committee, told reporters.
“The meeting was very good, very constructive. There was not any tough polemics, although we did not bypass sensitive topics, “Slutsky said after the meeting.
A group of American congressmen arrived in Russia on June 30 and had already held a number of official meetings in St. Petersburg. On Tuesday, the US delegation received Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
In the State Duma, the first vice-speaker of the State Duma Alexander Zhukov also met with US congressmen. He oversees the interparliamentary relations between the Russian Federation and the United States, the State Duma’s special representative in international inter-parliamentary and public organizations for the development of sport, Vyacheslav Fetisov, the coordinator of the group on relations with the US Congress Inga Yumasheva, on financial markets Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Committee on Agrarian Issues Vladimir Kashin, head of the committee on education and science Vyacheslav Nikonov.