U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary John Joseph Sullivan MOSCOW, Mar 24 The United States hopes for a direct line relations with Russia for closer cooperation on issues related to Ukraine, especially with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, work is underway, said Ambassador to Moscow John Sullivan. «We have the United States and Russia, and even earlier the United States and the Soviet Union — there were means of communication for just such emergencies. That main line of communication remains, but we hope that we will have a direct line for more direct interaction on issues related to Ukraine, especially with the leadership of the Department of Defense, «Sullivan said in an interview Novaya Gazeta. «We are working on this, and, in fact, there has already been a precedent for such interaction — this is a communication channel that was used by the military of our countries to prevent conflict situations in Syria. This channel has hastily been used by the United States of America and Russia for a number of years,» the diplomat explained.
