Russian foreign minister sees no quick fix to U.S. ties

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with entrepreneurs and members of the Association of European Businesses (AEB) in Moscow October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A chill in U.S.-Russian relations since the start of the Ukraine crisis is likely to last a long time, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.

In a public lecture in which he criticised U.S. foreign policy, Lavrov said he hoped the relationship would start improving after hitting what he felt was rock bottom.