Day: September 2, 2017

Photo: RIA Novosti The U.S. demanded that Russia until September 2, to close the Consulate General in San Francisco, and two representative offices in Washington and new York. State Department spokesman Heather Nauert said that the United States adopt these measures “in the spirit of parity”: in Russia there are three American Consulate, while in the United States — four Russian. As a result, both sides remain at three consulates, but, according to Nauert, “imbalance” with a number of diplomatic and consular buildings will remain. According to the representative of the state Department, the United States nevertheless ” decided to allow the Russian government to retain some of its buildings to prevent a vicious circle in our relationship.” Heather Nauert also said that Washington wanted to avoid retaliatory measures from Moscow and “to move to achieve the stated goals of both of our presidents — to improve relations between our

Nebesa: the relations of Russia and the United States have fallen to unacceptably low levels Russia’s envoy to the UN noted that difficult relations between the two countries will harm the whole international community. NEW YORK, September 2. /TASS/. Relations between Russia and the U.S. are “unacceptably low level”. This was stated in an interview with journalists, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia. “Relations between our countries are at unacceptably low levels, he said. — It certainly adds no positive not only in our relations but in the international situation, as these relations are a factor of our partners. They are full-time and correspondence urging us to ensure that we have finally established their relationship. This will benefit not only us but the entire world.” Touching upon the issue of relations with the American delegation at the UN and in the Security Council, Vasily Nebenzia said that they