It is reported RIA Novosti.
During the international conference on nuclear policy, the diplomat noted that Moscow and Washington are facing “common challenges” in the field of security.
At the same time, Antonov stressed that the United States and the Russian Federation "need a full-format dialogue."
“We are not enemies ... we are not rivals,” the ambassador concluded.
Earlier, the State Department declared its readiness to return to a dialogue with Russia, in particular, on the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles in the event that arms control is “subjected to checks.
Political analyst, director of the Institute of Contemporary State Development, Dmitry Solonnikov, in an interview with Nevsky News, commented on a statement by representatives of the American Foreign Ministry.