Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on February 1, according to the RIA news agency.

(Cover: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) poses with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as they arrive for a meeting at the Harpa Concert Hall, on the sidelines of the Arctic Council Ministerial summit, in Reykjavik, Iceland, May 19, 2021. /Reuters)