The U.S. State Department on Tuesday announced that American and Russian delegations will meet for a second time in Istanbul on April 10 to “solely” discuss stabilizing bilateral embassy operations, writes Reuters.

Speaking at a daily press briefing, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the discussions will not include any political or security issues.

“Ukraine is not, absolutely not on the agenda. These talks are solely focused on our embassy operations, not on normalizing a bilateral relationship overall, which can only happen, as we"ve noted, once there is peace between Russia and Ukraine”, - Bruce said.

A diplomatic source earlier said the talks will take place at the Russian consulate in Istanbul.