Russia Expects U.S. to Move to Improve Ties After Visit
Source: Newsweek
RUSSIA EXPECTS U.S. MOVES TO IMPROVE RELATIONS AFTER TRUMP-LAVROV MEETING
BY DAMIEN SHARKOV ON 5/13/17 AT 11:28 AM
Russias Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lashed out at U.S. media coverage of minister Sergey Lavrovs visit and said Moscow is expecting Washington to unblock ties soon.
Ministry spokeswoman criticized U.S. journalists over questions they asked during Lavrovs press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump. She told Russian news site Vesti, The American press cared only about two questionsthe dismissal of the FBIs director, how it affected the talks and how Sergey Lavrov thinks about this staff decision.
Zakharova also spoke about the previous U.S. administrations decision to expel 35 Russian diplomats in late 2016 after 17 U.S. intelligence agencies alleged Russian pro-government hackers were behind cyber attacks on the U.S. political establishment during last years presidential election. Barack Obama made the decision in the closing weeks of his presidency. Although Lavrov called on the Kremlin to respond with a parallel decision, Moscow ultimately only gave a rhetorical response. The spokeswoman claimed Obama had done the dirty for Trump, by making his dialogue with Moscow start at a low point.
Then the question is, how do we exit from this situation? she said. She said she believed the U.S. was making moves to improve relations, referring specifically to the expulsion of the diplomats. The American partners said that in the near future (they) will prepare their proposals about how to begin concrete work on unblocking this situation, Zakharova said.
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