Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov. File photoMOSCOW, June 8So far, there is no feeling that the Americans want to close the Russian embassies, says Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov. «Of course, never say never. But the current situation is what I hear from the White House, from the State Department — nevertheless indicates that the remnants of reason remained there and that today the American side does not raise the issue of closing diplomatic missions in this way,» the ambassador said on Channel One.
Dialogue with the United States is at an unprecedented low level, Antonov believesHe added that, on the contrary, it seemed to him that there were signals that the functioning of the Russian embassy in Washington, the consulates general The Russian Federation in New York and Houston are necessary — just like the activities of the American diplomatic mission in Moscow. «Today, despite all the conclusions that I made today … I don't have the feeling that the The Icanians are aiming to close our diplomatic missions,» the diplomat added.
