Russia ready to discuss 'normal' relations with US, says foreign ministry

Moscow has not yet received a response to its request asking Washington to approve Russia's new ambassador to the United States, Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov added.

Moscow: Russia is ready to consider any proposals from the United States to bring mutual relations back to "normality", Russian state agency TASS cited Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Wednesday.

Moscow has not yet received a response to its request asking Washington to approve Russia's new ambassador to the United States, Ryabkov added.