US envoy to return to Moscow this week

US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan will return to Moscow this week, US Department Spokesperson Ned Price said at a regular press briefing, Report informs.

“After such an important summit like that, we look forward to Ambassador Sullivan returning to Moscow to lead the very strong team at the US - at our embassy in Russia as we implement President Biden’s policy directives outlined in Geneva,” Price noted. “And those, as we’ve discussed, include strategic stability, human rights, and ultimately, testing the proposition that we can arrive at a relationship with Moscow that is more stable and that is more predictable. I’ll also add that we’re aware of and we welcome Ambassador Anatoly Antonov’s return to D.C. I understand he returned to D.C. to take up his post within the past day or so.”

“We regularly, as you know, have diplomatic meetings with the Russian Government, and we welcome more open channels of communication between our governments, including through our respective embassies. And that’s why it was so important for us as well as for the Russians to have our ambassadors return to their respective capitals,” Price added.