Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said Moscow has no illusions about the administration of US President Donald Trump, while expressing hope that Washington will continue dialogue on security guarantees for Ukraine.

Axar.az reports, citing TASS, that speaking at the International Forum on Collective Security in Moscow, Lavrov said that despite deep disagreements with Washington over the future of international relations, maintaining dialogue was preferable.

“We have no illusions about the Trump administration, I want to say that right away. But despite having no illusions and understanding the deep contradictions regarding how international politics should develop further, it is, of course, always better to talk. This was the case during the Cold War, when our military officials spoke with their American counterparts, and this is how relations between Russia and the United States are developing now,” he said.

Lavrov also criticised the previous US administration under Joe Biden, accusing it of refusing to discuss collective security guarantees.

“This is the main difference between the current administration and the Biden administration, which, as I said, arrogantly refused even to discuss collective security guarantees, and there was no dialogue at all,” he said.

He added that Moscow hoped the current US administration would have enough determination to continue negotiations aimed at achieving what he described as a fair balance of interests, in which no country's security would be compromised.