MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign ⁠Minister ⁠Sergei Lavrov said ⁠on Wednesday that many positive things were ​being said about the enormous potential of U.S.-Russia relations, ‌but that in reality “nothing ‌is happening”.

After winning the 2024 U.S. presidential ⁠election, ⁠Donald Trump re-established U.S. dialogue with Russian President Vladimir ​Putin and has repeatedly promised to end the war in Ukraine though peace has so far proven elusive.

Lavrov ​said that “good words” about cooperation on technology, energy ⁠and other ⁠projects had so ⁠far ​come to nothing, but that Moscow appreciated Trump’s initiation of ​dialogue with Moscow.

“However, ⁠nothing is happening in real life,” Lavrov, who has served as Russia’s foreign minister since 2004, told RT India in English, according to a ⁠transcript supplied by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Lavrov added that ⁠the dialogue with Moscow that did occur was in the same vein as that under former U.S. President Joe Biden: “Aside from this regular dialogue – which is normal in relations between people and countries – everything else follows the pattern initiated by President Biden,” Lavrov said.

“The sanctions imposed ⁠under him have remained in force. Moreover, the Trump administration has adopted its own initiatives in order to punish Russia’s economy.”

(Reporting by Reuters; ​Writing by Lucy Papachristou and Guy Faulconbridge; ​Editing by Andrew Osborn)

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