Contacts with U.S. side continues, work underway, but it could be unnoticed - Russian presidential aide Ushakov

MOSCOW. Oct 13 (Interfax) - Contacts between Russia and the United States are continuing via closed communication channels, they could be unnoticed, but they will get noticed sooner or later, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said.

"They [contacts between Russia and the U.S] are continuing. We are constantly in contact and doing some things, they could be unnoticed, but will be noticed sooner or later. Work is underway," Ushakov said in a fragment of an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin, the creator and host of the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin television program on the Rossiya 1 (VGTRK) TV channel, published on the former's Telegram channel on Sunday.

"When speaking about the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, the agreements which the two presidents had reached in Anchorage remain the guiding start there," he said.

"One needs to fight, one needs to convince people in order to advance in these agreements," Ushakov said. "Not everyone is convinced yet. But they [the agreements] surely are the basis of the potential settlement," he said.