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BORIS JOHNSON, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, made a working visit to Moscow on December 22, 2017, during which he and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov held talks on a wide range of issues on the bilateral agenda and relevant international topics. Regarding the results of the talks, both ministers spoke at a joint press conference of the need to restore mutual trust, and how the current state of relations between Moscow and London can in no way be called satisfactory. Hence the mutual desire for more effective collaboration in the international arena; in addition, the status of Russia and Britain as permanent members of the UN Security Council requires both this and the restoration of certain norms in bilateral relations. Johnson's visit was the first trip to Russia by a British foreign secretary in the last ten years. Why have there been no normal relations between Russia and Britain in recent years?
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