U.S. Ambassador to Russia John SullivanMOSCOW, Mar 22US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan said that the US does not intend to close the American embassy in Moscow, and US President Joe Biden is not going to recall him to Washington. «I want to say right away that the United States has no intention of closing the embassy in Moscow, and President Biden has no intention of recalling me as ambassador, and I know very well from conversations with the President and with Secretary of State (Anthony) Blinken how important it is to have diplomatic representation in Russia,» he said in an interview with Novaya Gazeta.
Russia is responding on a de-conflict line of communication with the US, the Pentagon said «However, we have seen signs from the Russian leadership indicating that diplomatic relations may be terminated. For example, former President and current Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev once stated that it is possible to lock up the embassies and look at each other through binoculars and sights.And yesterday we heard a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry suggesting that relations between our countries could be interrupted.This was not expressed in direct words, but such a threat sounded,” he explained. “Therefore, careful and careful planning requires that, in the light of such statements, we are prepared for such events. But I would like to emphasize that this is not what the United States wants,” he concluded. Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday that contacts between Moscow and Washington continue through the embassies, in the current conditions this is a maximum mum of what is possible. The Russian diplomat also stressed that Moscow was determined to continue discussing the problematic issues of the work of embassies with the United States and would not want to close diplomatic missions. Sullivan was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, he was handed a note of protest in connection with the recent unacceptable statements of the head of the White House, Joe Biden, addressed to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. The department pointed out that «such statements by the American president, unworthy of a statesman of such a high rank, put Russian-American relations on the verge of breaking.» Earlier, Biden said that he considers the Russian president a «war criminal».
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