Tension As Russia Recalls Washington Envoy

Tension As Russia Recalls Washington Envoy
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Trouble might be brewing between Moscow and Washington as Russia on Wednesday revealed that it had summoned its Washington ambassador for consultations on its ties with the United States

The European country however believes the consultations won’t prevent an ‘irreversible deterioration‘ in relations.

The announcement from the Russian foreign ministry came after US President Joe Biden said Russia would ‘pay a price‘ for meddling in US elections and he agreed with the assessment that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is a ‘killer.’

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‘The Russian ambassador in Washington, Anatoly Antonov, has been invited to come to Moscow for consultations conducted with the aim of analyzing what should be done and where to go in the context of ties with the United States,‘ Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.

Zakharova said the most important thing for Moscow was to determine how to mend Russian-US ties ‘that has essentially been driven by Washington into a dead-end in recent years’.

She said Russia was interested in preventing the bilateral relations’ ‘irreversible deterioration if Americans understand the risks associated with it.’ The foreign ministry did not reference Biden’s remarks on Putin but said Moscow wanted to analyze the results of Biden’s first 100 days in office.

In an interview with ABC News broadcast on Wednesday, Biden was asked about a declassified US intelligence report that said Putin tried to harm his candidacy in the November 2020 election and promote that of his rival Donald Trump.

‘He will pay a price,’ the 78-year-old Biden said. Asked if he thought Putin, who has been accused of poisoning political opponents, is a ‘killer,’ Biden said: ‘I do.’

The statement marked a stark contrast with Trump’s steadfast refusal to say anything negative about the Russian president.

AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK

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