{"id":119572,"date":"2021-04-20T17:23:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T09:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=119572"},"modified":"2021-04-20T17:23:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T09:23:21","slug":"us-envoy-to-moscow-returning-to-us-for-consultations-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=119572","title":{"rendered":"US envoy to Moscow returning to US for consultations: embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/US-envoy-to-Moscow-returning-to-US-for-consultations-embassy.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/US-envoy-to-Moscow-returning-to-US-for-consultations-embassy.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MOSCOW, April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Washington\u2019s envoy to Moscow will return to the United States for consultations, the US embassy said on Tuesday, after Moscow \u201crecommended\u201d that ambassador John Sullivan temporarily leave amid soaring tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmbassador Sullivan is returning to the United States for consultations this week,\u201d the US diplomatic mission in Moscow said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI believe it is important for me to speak directly with my new colleagues in the Biden administration in Washington about the current state of bilateral relations between the United States and Russia,\u201d the statement quoted Sullivan as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement came amid a new spike in tensions between Moscow and Washington over a litany of disputes, including alleged meddling in US elections, Russia\u2019s troop build-up along Ukraine\u2019s borders and the deteriorating health of President Vladimir Putin\u2019s imprisoned critic Alexei Navalny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US President Joe Biden is pursuing a tougher line against Putin but has also proposed that the two leaders meet for a summit in a third country later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sullivan said he would return to Moscow \u201cin the coming weeks\u201d, before any meeting between Biden and Putin. Moscow has said it is still studying the summit proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sullivan\u2019s announcement came after Moscow recalled its own envoy from Washington for consultations in March and last week the former Cold War foes announced a wave of tit-for-tat sanctions and expulsions of diplomats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Putin\u2019s top foreign policy aide, Yury Ushakov, had recommended that Sullivan leave for Washington to conduct \u201cserious consultations\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US last week announced sanctions and the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats in retaliation for what the White House says is the Kremlin\u2019s US election interference, a massive cyber attack and other hostile activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia said it would expel US diplomats and sanction US officials in response. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW, April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Washington\u2019s envoy to Moscow will return to the United States for consultations, the US embassy said on Tuesday, after Moscow \u201crecommended\u201d that ambassador John Sullivan temporarily leave amid soaring tensions. \u201cAmbassador Sullivan is returning to the United States for consultations this week,\u201d the US diplomatic mission in Moscow said in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":119574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119572"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}