Clas and Russia will have a “frank conversation” on Moscow’s response measures for American sanctions. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a high-ranking representative of the US administration.
According to him, previously similar conversations were already held. Washington intends to re-hold another conversation on this topic in the near future, an annestrian agency announced. “We are still trying to understand exactly what it is (Russia. – approx.” Tape.ru “) intention,” he explained.
The representative of the American administration stressed that Washington is not configured to escalation, but wants to show Moscow, “which activity does not want to endure.”
Earlier, US President Joe Biden stated that it will reveal information on the extension of the conditions for meeting with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin and the American-Russian Summit.
On April 15, Biden signed a decree on the introduction of new sanctions against Russia, which touched over 30 individuals and legal entities. Among the grounds for their introduction, allegedly hostile activity of Russia in the cybersfer, interference in the US elections or other foreign countries. In addition, the United States sends 10 Russian diplomats from Washington.
In response, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia published a list of sanctions against the United States. Moscow will refuse 10 American diplomats, take measures to end the hiring of citizens of Russia and third countries to the Embassy or the US Consulate Protection and to ban American diplomats of the trip beyond the locations of their basing.
April 13, Joe Biden During telephone conversations, he called on Vladimir Putin to hold a bilateral summit on the territory of the neutral country. Then Jen Psaka stated that the presidents could meet internally upcoming summer.