The US ambassador to Russia said Monday that Washington and Moscow should not shut down their embassies, warning such a move would be a “big mistake.”
Ambassador John Sullivan told Russia’s Tass news agency that the US and Russia should continue the dialogue, although the Biden administration has cut off most high-level contacts with Russia.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, President Biden has not spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken has not held talks with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.
Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador in Washington, has said he can’t get meetings with senior Biden officials and described the situation as the embassy being under “blockade.”
The only known high-level talks between the two nations that have occurred since the invasion started were between military officials. In May, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, which was followed by a call between US Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley and Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian general staff.
When asked what he thought about the future of US-Russia relations, Sullivan painted a bleak picture. The 62-year-old ambassador said he didn’t think there would be a chance for the two nations to have a more productive relationship in his lifetime.
“It may not be in my lifetime but there will be, I hope, an opportunity for a greater reconciliation, certainly between the peoples and the countries,” he said.
“i snub you!”
….. uncle sam
The US refused to talk about anything that the Russians wanted to talk about, before the war. Now it still won’t talk about expansion of NATO or “threats” to Russia.
It is willing only to talk about limiting Russian arms and Russian deployment of forces. That was Biden’s “response” to Russian proposals last December, and the very last thing the US had had to say to the Russians.
Embassies? The only question is whether Russia will give the reopening US Embassy in Ukraine the same treatment the US gave the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade — blow it up.
Precisely.
There surely must exist a fraction among the elites in Europe and the US enlightened enough to see at least how preposterously incompetent these Neocon types and their ideology are? how counterproductive to global ecology and their own personal and national economies?
Yes, and as the cost to them mounts, they are likely to move away from the US.
This could in fact undermine the old idea of NATO, something that ought to have happened a long time ago. In that sense, Biden’s instigation of war meant to re-assert leadership would backfire to Russia’s benefit.
Senile Joe Biden, affirmative action low IQ Lloyd J Austin the Turd, and Beta Male Blinker have not spoken with Russia in a serious conversation about ending the special operation n Ukraine since early February.
What is the point of an embassy if it is never used for diplomacy?
Completely resonated with me!