The CEO of Tesla also says the electric vehicle manufacturer is about to establish a presence in Russia.
Elon Musk has called for greater dialogue between Washington and Moscow, and ties between the couple are currently straining to post-Cold War lows.
“There is a lot of talent and energy in Russia and I think there should be more dialogue and communication between Russia and the United States,” the Tesla CEO said on Friday, via a video link in a forum on education Russian to Moscow.
He also said his electric vehicle company was about to establish a presence in Russia and was studying whether it could open factories there.
The 49-year-old comments came after top diplomats from the United States and Russia celebrated their comments first face-to-face meeting Wednesday, indicating a possible thaw in relations.
Talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took place on the sidelines of an Arctic Council meeting in the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik.
The couple acknowledged that there were significant differences between the two governments, but agreed that they could work together on certain issues, with the two sides praising the meeting as “constructive”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the meeting would help Russian President Vladimir Putin decide whether to attend a summit proposal with his US counterpart Joe Biden next month.
“This is definitely a positive sign,” he told reporters.
Ties between Moscow and Washington have fallen to the lowest point in decades in recent months, after Biden in March said he thought Putin was a “killer.”
That comment related to the accusations that the Russian president ordered to poison the Kremlin critic, already imprisoned, Alexey Navalny, a statement that the Kremlin strongly denies.
Biden’s comments made Moscow remember his ambassador to Washington.
Relations have also been forced by Moscow’s alleged meddling in the US elections, rising tensions over Ukraine and Washington’s sanctions on Russia.
Despite Biden’s observation, which sparked a furious response from Putin’s allies in Russia, the U.S. president has said he would like to speak with his Russian counterpart during a trip to Europe next month.
Russia has said it is still pondering the proposal.
