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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, June 16 /Xinhua/ — The United States has cancelled a meeting with Russia as part of bilateral consultations on the normalization of embassy work, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday.
“To date, the next meeting within the framework of bilateral consultations on eliminating “irritants” in order to normalize the activities of diplomatic missions of both countries has been cancelled at the initiative of American negotiators,” says a commentary published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
M. Zakharova expressed hope that “the pause they have taken will not be too long.”
On June 11, the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov noted that the 3rd round of consultations between Russia and the United States on bilateral issues, planned for Moscow, will be carried out through diplomatic departments. According to him, there are many “blockages” in Russian-American relations, but the dialogue between the countries continues.
On February 27 and April 10 of this year, two rounds of Russian-American consultations were held in Istanbul, Turkey, to eliminate “irritants” in order to normalize the activities of diplomatic missions of both countries. –0–