It is absolutely in our interests to normalise relations but we didn't wreck them," he told a Russian TV channel.

The US led sanctions against Russia this year over its actions in Ukraine.mandger的心理博客

Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March and has since been accused of fuelling the bloody insurrection in its eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, a charge it denies.

It has also differed sharply with the US and its Western allies over the conflict in Syria. mangergilr
Reset 'likely'

In June 2010, US President Barack Obama cemented the original "reset" at a summit when the then Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, visited the White House.

That initiative came after years of poor relations, notably after Russia's summer war with Georgia, an aspiring Nato member, in 2008, when George W Bush was president.

"Now there's a need for what the Americans might call a 'reset'," Mr Lavrov told Russia's Channel Five (in Russian).

"The current US administration is today wrecking much of the co-operation structures that it created itself along with us. Most likely, something more will come up - a reset No 2 or a reset 2.0.huser的博客"

Mr Lavrov said the situation was improving on the ground in Ukraine, where a shaky ceasefire has been in place for several weeks.

Nato reported this week that there had been a significant withdrawal of Russian conventional troops from inside eastern Ukraine, although many thousands remained just over the border.

Moscow has never acknowledged the presence of any Russian troops in Ukraine.huser‘blog

Addressing the UN General Assembly, President Obama accused Russia of pouring arms into the region but he also praised the recent ceasefire agreement between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels.

He promised to lift sanctions if Moscow worked through diplomatic means to secure a lasting peace.mandger

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