Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States Anatoly Antonov. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 18 Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov pointed to a lack of contacts with high-ranking officials of the US administration and said that since the election of Joe Biden as president, he has received refusals in response to proposals to congressmen to hold meetings. According to Antonov, who was interviewed by Politico, the embassy maintains «technical» contacts with the Biden administration. However, the ambassador points to a «lack» of contacts with high-ranking officials. According to him, letters to congressmen with proposals to meet after Biden's election «are met with a refusal.» According to Antonov, this situation cannot last forever and the countries are «doomed to cooperate on various issues.» «It is impossible to imagine, even under such circumstances, that the problems of strategic stability, climate change, coronavirus, the fight against terrorism, the fight against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction can be resolved without the active participation of the United States and Russia,» he said. In the same article with an interview with Antonov Politico, referring to former American officials and analysts, writes that contacts with Antonov could damage reputation in foreign policy circles. to a dead end in spite of Russia
