US State Department building in Washington DC. File photoWASHINGTON, Jul 19 The United States is determined to do everything it can to release US citizens detained abroad, including making «difficult decisions,» State Department spokesman Ned Price said Tuesday. everything in our power to ensure the release of American citizens who are being held hostage or have been unjustly detained in other countries. This, in particular, includes making difficult decisions,» Price said during a regular briefing. As an example of one such «difficult» decisions for the American administration, Price mentioned the recent return to his homeland of an American convicted in Russia, Trevor Reid. The latter was serving a nine-year sentence for attacking police officers in Moscow in 2019. At the end of April this year, the United States and Russia exchanged Reed for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was arrested in Liberia in 2010 and later extradited to the United States. «Then the president (Joe Biden) decided to personally take part in the exchange,» the representative of the American diplomatic missions. According to Price, not only members of the US administration, but also the head of state personally, «are ready to make difficult decisions.» announce a new package of military aid to Ukraine
