Blinken’s account of his final conversation with Lavrov

“We will continue to engage with Russia to advance US interests,” said the secretary of state, who traveled to Paris on Wednesday to meet with French officials.
State Department spokesman Ned Price also said that Blinken and Lavrov agreed on the importance of a speedy return to Iran-US mutual commitment to the Comprehensive Joint Action Plan (CJAP).
According to the State Department spokesman, the two sides also stressed the importance of maintaining coordination on current issues of bilateral relations.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Lavrov and Blinken had made telephone calls at the request of the US side, and that the two sides discussed issues related to bilateral relations and other issues of mutual interest. .
Lavrov hosted his Iranian counterpart Hussein Amir-Abdollahian in Moscow today, and the two sides discussed a range of issues, including the UN Security Council and the Vienna talks.

Speaking at a joint news conference with Amir Abdullahian today, Lavrov said that Iran would decide on the timing of the resumption of the Vienna Borjam talks in the near future. I do not accept the principles of the West and the United States and imposing them on others.

“My Iranian counterpart announced during the meeting that Iran is ready to resume talks,” Lavrov said.

The Russian official stressed that the efforts of some foreign parties to link the preservation of the UN Security Council with Iran’s concessions on other issues have no prospects.