The renewal of the composition of the US Congress after the mid-term elections will have a negative effect on the normalization of Russian-American relations, but Moscow is not worried about such a scenario. This is what the director of the North Atlantic Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexander Gusrov, said in an interview with Interfax. Russia will continue to cooperate pragmatically with the United States on economic issues, he noted. There remain "point opportunities for bilateral coordination of efforts" in this area, despite the American sanctions. On the eve of the consultations between the representatives of Russia, the United States and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, Gosrov also emphasized that there are still chances to resolve the Ukrainian conflict peacefully. Yesterday, Vladimir Putin confirmed that tripartite negotiations on Ukraine will take place in the capital of the United Arab Emirates on November 10. The Russian delegation will be headed by Vladimir Medinsky, the Ukrainian delegation of Rostam Umerov.