Instead of establishing relations with Moscow, US aggravated the situation by conducting a veiled expulsion of Russian diplomats. This was stated at the briefing of the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov, his words reported TASS.
The diplomat accused Washington in creating a toxic atmosphere in bilateral cooperation with Moscow. “Although the Americans declared the intention to shoot irritants on a bilateral track, the real steps in this direction were still limited to the return of ambassadors to the capital of accreditation,” he concluded.
Ryabkov stressed that the Russian side is ready to go to zeroing diplomatic claims if the United States takes a step towards meetings. “We offer Americans for many months, but we do not meet a constructive response,” he told.