US, Russia delegations hold talks in Istanbul on diplomatic missions


FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo/File Photo

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. and Russian delegations held talks in Istanbul on Thursday on normalising the work of their diplomatic missions after the war in Ukraine triggered the biggest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the depths of the Cold War.

A vehicle carrying the U.S. delegation left the Russian consulate building in central Istanbul on Thursday afternoon, some six hours after they arrived. The Russian delegation remained in the building.

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