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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, August 12 /Xinhua/ — Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, in an interview with Izvestia, expressed hope that the upcoming meeting between Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will give new impetus to the normalization of bilateral relations, including in resolving the issue of resuming direct flights between the countries.
“Although it is clear that the leaders will focus on completely different topics,” added S. Ryabkov. According to him, progress in returning diplomatic infrastructure facilities has not yet been recorded.
According to the Izvestia newspaper, the Russian consulate general in San Francisco, the trade mission in Washington, and its branch in New York were closed in 2017 due to sanctions. In 2018, the Russian consulate general in Seattle also ceased to operate. In addition, Russian diplomats lost access to the Killenworth estate on Long Island, near New York, and to a country complex in Maryland, located 100 km from Washington. Russia owned some of these properties, while others were leased.
On August 8, D. Trump announced that he was counting on meeting with V. Putin in Alaska on August 15. Then, plans for a meeting between the presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States were confirmed by the aide to the Russian president, Yuri Ushakov. –0–
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