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Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by Kingsnairaland(m): 11:29am On Jun 06, 2022 |
Don't Close the Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Tells Russia By Reuters June 6, 2022 Save More More FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the U.S. embassy in Moscow, Russia March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Tatyana MakeyevaREUTERS By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - Russia should not close the U.S. embassy despite the crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine because the world's two biggest nuclear powers must continue to talk, the U.S. ambassador to Moscow was quoted as saying on Monday. President Vladimir Putin has cast the invasion of Ukraine as a turning point in Russian history: a revolt against the hegemony of the United States, which the Kremlin chief says has humiliated Russia since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union. Ukraine - and its Western backers - says it is fighting for its survival against a reckless imperial-style land grab which has killed thousands, displaced more than 10 million people and reduced swathes of the country to wasteland. In a clear attempt to send a message to the Kremlin, John J. Sullivan, the U.S. ambassador appointed by President Donald Trump, told Russia's state TASS news agency that Washington and Moscow should not simply break off diplomatic relations. Russia Invades Ukraine: A Timeline of the Crisis View All 12 Slides Political Cartoons on World Leaders View All 165 Images "We must preserve the ability to speak to each other," Sullivan told TASS in an interview. He cautioned against the removal of the works of Leo Tolstoy from Western bookshelves or refusing to play the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky. His remarks were reported by TASS in Russian and translated into English by Reuters. Despite the crises, spy scandals and brinkmanship of the Cold War, relations between Moscow and Washington have not been broken off since the United States established ties with the Soviet Union in 1933. Now, though, Russia says its post-Soviet dalliance with the West is over and that it will turn eastwards. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken last month quipped that he would like to dedicate Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" to Putin. Asked about that remark, Sullivan said: "We also will never break up entirely." When asked by TASS if the analogy meant that the embassies could be closed, Sullivan said: "They can - there is that possibility, although I think it would be a big mistake. "As I understand it, the Russian government has mentioned the variant of severing diplomatic relations," he said. "We can't just break off diplomatic relations and stop talking to each other." Russia's foreign ministry has called in the Moscow bureau chiefs of U.S. media outlets to discuss on Monday what it says are the repercussions of the United States' unfriendly actions. Tsarina Catherine the Great's refusal to support the British empire when America declared independence laid the ground for the first diplomatic contacts between the United States and St Petersburg, then Russia's imperial capital. Following the Bolshevik Revolution in October 1917, President Woodrow Wilson refused to recognize Vladimir Lenin's revolutionary government and the U.S. embassy closed in 1919. Relations were not re-established until 1933. "The only reason I can think of that the United State might be forced to close its embassy would be if it became unsafe to continue its work," Sullivan said. Asked how relations would develop, Sullivan, a 62-year-old lawyer, said he didn't know but added that he hoped there might one day be a rapprochement. "If I were to make a bet, I would say perhaps not in my lifetime." (Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by Philippa Fletcher) Copyright 2022 Thomson Reuters. Tags: Ukraine, Russia, United States, United https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-06-06/dont-close-the-embassy-u-s-ambassador-tells-russia 1 Share
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Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by LibertyRep: 11:35am On Jun 06, 2022 |
So US has embassy in Russia that hasn't been closed. Truly international politics aren't run on emotions. 5 Likes |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by Nancy2020(f): 11:35am On Jun 06, 2022 |
Why are they begging Russia hahahhaha 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by datola: 11:39am On Jun 06, 2022 |
Nancy2020: Why are they 'begging' USA is a sensible nation that knows the implication of 2 biggest nuclear nations fighting. Note that, that might lead to killing almost all earth's inhabitants. 2 Likes |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by Kingsley67: 11:43am On Jun 06, 2022 |
Are you also saying U.S is loosing 1 Like |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by Kingsnairaland(m): 11:46am On Jun 06, 2022 |
Kingsley67:has USA ever won any war successfully. .. 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by Zidane199(m): 11:50am On Jun 06, 2022 |
Make dem bring d embassy come 9ja. We need more US embassy here abeg 1 Like |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by Kingsley67: 11:52am On Jun 06, 2022 |
Zidane199:You're right my brother 2 Likes |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by Teaser4(m): 11:58am On Jun 06, 2022 |
LibertyRep:nah those nairaland ASUU kids Dey take am personal, international politics na matter of National interest, USA dey try protect its interest in Ukraine na why dem dey send weapons, if dem no get interest na wishes dem go Dey send, that’s how the game works 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by Kingsnairaland(m): 1:43pm On Jun 06, 2022 |
Teaser4:yeah. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by seunny4lif(m): 1:49pm On Jun 06, 2022 |
Russia can’t never close the Embassy even doing Vietnam or Afghanistan war, USA or USSR never closed each other embassies. USA Congress has failed to extend school meal waivers, expiring on 30 June. They can‘t afford free food in school but have 50 billion for Ukraine 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by Kingsnairaland(m): 1:52pm On Jun 06, 2022 |
seunny4lif: Well I can't speak for Kremlin let watch there is a reason Russia wanted to close it after all the USA ambassador noticed it and lament. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by ken6488(m): 2:31pm On Jun 06, 2022 |
Kingsley67:Not at all USA knows the risk Further escalation will not end well 1 Like |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by seunny4lif(m): 3:07pm On Jun 06, 2022 |
ken6488:Ukrainian military commander Yuriy Butusov admitted that the message about the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the liberation of 50% of Severodonetsk is not true. He accused the Ukrainian authorities of lying. In the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, political rather than military expediency is increasingly playing the role. And since there are no military successes, one has to simultaneously throw the last reserves into battle and maintain the appearance that "everything is going according to plan." 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by Kingsnairaland(m): 3:47pm On Jun 06, 2022 |
seunny4lif:the fake news coming from Ukraine authorities is great lol. 2 Likes |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by seunny4lif(m): 7:28pm On Jun 06, 2022 |
Kingsnairaland:ZELENSKY: EVERYONE REALLY WANTS TO PUSH US AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE TO SOME RESULT, DEFINITELY NOT DESIRABLE FOR US, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN ASKED YET, BUT BENEFICIAL FOR CERTAIN PARTIES THAT HAVE THEIR OWN INTERESTS 2 Likes |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by Kingsnairaland(m): 7:39pm On Jun 06, 2022 |
seunny4lif: Did he really say that Does it mean he is coming to his senses. Lol |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by DannyFX2638: 8:05pm On Jun 06, 2022 |
seunny4lif:forget all this bro.. this comedian is acting according to script .. very soon he will scream , WE NEED MORE WEAPONS 4 Likes |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by Appleyard(m): 8:25pm On Jun 06, 2022 |
seunny4lif:The United States is a develop ghetto. That school meal brouhaha shows the US is ruled by private corporations. 3 Likes |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by seunny4lif(m): 9:22pm On Jun 06, 2022 |
Kingsnairaland:He said on today Monday |
Re: Don't Close The Embassy, U.S. Ambassador Begs Russia by Kingsnairaland(m): 9:44pm On Jun 06, 2022 |
seunny4lif: Just give him more cocaine he will say the opposite tomorrow lol. 1 Like |
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