Russia's state-run TASS news agency reporting that:

  • Representatives from Russia and United States will meet in Istanbul on Friday,
  • the two sides would discuss a set of "difficult questions"

No further details at this stage. Tass citing an unnamed source.

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A little more incoming:

  • the two sides would discuss a set of "difficult questions" Including visas, embassy staffing levels and the work of each side's institutions and agencies abroad, among other unspecified issues.