“New sanctions imposed by Washington just a few days after the telephone conversation held by the Presidents of Russia and the United States initiated by the US side, in fact,
lower the constructive value of the conversation. The recent restrictions are
another very serious step towards degradation of Russia-US cooperation,” Leonid
Slutskiy
Leonid Eduardovich
said.
He added that as Kremlin’s representatives had already noted, it would be difficult to talk about the prospects of a planned meeting between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden.
“As for the expulsion of Russian diplomats and sanctions imposed due to allegations of interference in the 2020 elections: Washington definitely makes us respond on the principle of reciprocity, as is supposed to be in diplomatic practice. Those claims are absolute nonsense, and that means that the US administration will continue confrontation with Russia and will try to use any, even fanciful pretext for further escalation,” said the Chairman of the Committee.
“I am convinced that there will be response measures, maybe in tit-for-tat manner. I have no doubt that there will be an adequate and timely response to all new imposed restrictions,” stressed Leonid Slutskiy.
