You're reading: RFE/RL: Top Russian, US diplomats to meet after Helsinki summit, says Lavrov

Russia and the United States have agreed that their top diplomats will meet after a summit between the two countries’ presidents scheduled for later this month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.

Lavrov said in Moscow on July 4 that his meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would have to take place after the planned talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Helsinki on July 16.

Read more here.