Russia says US has cancelled planned embassy talks
by Naharnet Newsdesk 16 June 2025, 16:31
Russia said Monday that the United States had cancelled a fresh round of talks on normalizing the operations of their embassies.
"The next meeting... has been cancelled at the initiative of the American negotiators. We hope that the pause they have taken will not be too long," Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
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