Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday welcomed the British government's intentions to improve soured relations with Moscow.
Britain froze ties with Russia following the controversial death of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006.
Relations between Moscow and London were then hampered by Russia's bureaucratic pressure on the British Council and Britain's criticism of Moscow in the wake of the Russian-Georgian military conflict in August 2008.
"Ice [in Russian-British ties] is a relative concept. We have never frozen Russian-British ties since it is one of the most important issues in Russian policy. Russian and British business cooperation shows that life makes us develop good relations instead of obstacles," Lavrov said.
On Thursday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with British Prime Minister David Cameron during a meeting of G20 leaders in Seoul.
Russia and Great Britain are "ready in cooperation as their views matched on many issues," Medvedev said after the meeting with Cameron.
SEOUL, November 12 (RIA Novosti)
