State Department: the United States hopes to avoid further retaliation from Russia
Washington is also unsure about the legality of its decision to close the Russian Consulate General in San Francisco, a sales office in Washington and his office in new York.
WASHINGTON, September 5. /TASS/. The United States hopes to avoid further retaliation from Russia. About this to journalists on Tuesday said the spokesman.
“As we stated last week, we hope to be able to avoid further retaliation from the Russian side and start to move towards the achievement of the objectives, which stated both our President,” — said the diplomat. The state Department did not comment on the possible response of Russia after the closure of its diplomatic missions in the United States.
The state Department is convinced of legality of its decision to close the Russian Consulate General in San Francisco, a sales office in Washington and his office in new York.
“We are confident in the legality of those actions, which we announced last week,” — said the representative of the foreign Ministry.