U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan stated on Tuesday he would take a trip to the United States today for assessments, 4 days after the Kremlin recommended that Washington remember him in the middle of a diplomatic crisis in between the 2 nations.
Russia remembered its own ambassador to Washington last month after President Joe Biden stated he believed his Russian equivalent Vladimir Putin was a “killer,” and the 2 nations enforced brand-new sanctions on each other recently.
“I believe it is important for me to speak directly with my new colleagues in the Biden administration in Washington about the current state of bilateral relations between the United States and Russia,” Sullivan stated in a declaration on the site of the U.S. embassy.
But he stated he would go back to Moscow in the coming weeks “before any meeting between Presidents Biden and Putin.”
Despite the alarming state of relations, the Kremlin has actually not dismissed Biden’s proposition for a top in between the 2 leaders in Europe. Putin will likewise talk on Thursday at an online environment top hosted by Biden.
Last Thursday, Washington enforced brand-new sanctions on Russia for declared malign activity consisting of interfering in in 2015’s U.S. election, cyber hacking and bullying surrounding Ukraine. It has actually likewise cautioned Russia of “consequences” if Alexei Navalny, an opposition political leader on appetite strike in jail, were to pass away.
Moscow struck back with sanctions versus the United States, and has actually declined what it views as foreign disturbance in the Navalny case.
