However, diplomatic source has told Sputnik that alleged Russian election meddling was not on the agenda during the meeting between Pompeo and Lavrov.
“Pompeo did not discuss the issue of Russia's 'interference' in the American elections with Lavrov. The Russian side is surprised by such a statement by the secretary of state", the source said.
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"It was a good conversation. We covered a wide range of issues… We have interests that are definitely different…. There was a desire to begin to try and find paths where we can make real progress on places where we have overlapping interests, as narrow as they may be, and hope we can achieve that", Pompeo told reporters of his talks with Lavrov on the sidelines of a meeting of the Arctic Council as quoted by Reuters.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday he had discussed strategic stability with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at their talks in Finland's Rovaniemi.
The Arctic Council is an intergovernmental cooperation forum, which brings together eight Arctic states — Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States.
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