Moscow, Jan 28 (AFP)-Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov will hold a meeting with Lynne Tracy, the new US ambassador to Moscow, early next week, the RIA news agency reported on Saturday (Jan 28).

Relations between Washington and Moscow have been at rock bottom since Russian invasion of Ukraine last February. Russia casts the war as confronting what it says is an aggressive and expansionist US-led NATO alliance, while Kyiv and its allies call Russia's actions an unprovoked land grab.

According to Ryabkov, the traditional presentation of copies of credential by Tracy is already agreed upon.

"It will take place literally at the beginning of the week. It is expected that the transfer of copies of credentials by Ambassador Tracy will be made to me," he said.