The Russian side agreed to a request for a visit to Moscow by British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. It will take place in February, a diplomatic source said, TASS reports.

The head of the British Foreign Office asked for the opportunity to come to Moscow for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Moscow agreed to conduct the visit in February, the source said.

In mid-January, The Times, citing a source in the British government, reported that the visit of Truss, who took office as British Foreign Secretary in September 2021, could take place as early as early February. At the same time, Russian Ambassador to London Andrey Kelin said that the Russian Embassy in the UK had not received an official request regarding Truss's visit to Moscow.

The UK foreign ministers have not visited Russia since December 2017. Then Boris Johnson came to Moscow, who is now the head of the British government.