Tesla CEO also said that electric car manufacturers are about to become available in Russia.
Elon Musk has called for more dialogue between Washington and Moscow, as communication between the two is currently strained after the Cold War.
“There is a lot of talent and power in Russia and I think there should be dialogue and communication between Russia and the United States,” Tesla CEO said on Friday, via a video link at a conference on Russian education in Moscow.
He also said that his electric car company is about to launch in Russia and is looking at whether to open factories there.
The 49-year-old’s comments came after former US and Russian ambassadors were arrested first in-person meeting Wednesday, showing the melting of relationships.
The talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken took place at the end of an Arctic Council meeting in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik.
The two agreed that there were significant differences between the two governments but agreed that they could work together on other issues, with both sides praising the conference as “beneficial”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the summit would help Russian President Vladimir Putin decide to attend a meeting with his US counterpart Joe Biden next month.
“Without a doubt, this is a good sign,” he told reporters.
Relations between Moscow and Washington deteriorated sharply in the last few decades, with Biden in March saying he thought Putin was a “murderer”.
The comments follow a series of lawsuits filed by the Russian President Alexey Navalny, which the Kremlin has strongly denied.
Biden’s comments made Moscow remember his ambassador to Washington.
Relations have also been strained by allowing Moscow to intervene in US elections, tensions between Ukraine, and Washington’s sanctions on Russia.
Although he spoke of Biden, who was outraged by Putin’s allies in Russia, the US president said he wanted to hold talks with his Russian counterpart on a trip to Europe next month.
Russia is still considering the request.
