China News Service, December 2 According to the Russian Satellite Network, on the 2nd local time, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabukov said that Russia hopes that Russian President Putin and US President Biden can have contacts in the near future.
Ryabukov said on a TV show, "I hope the presidents of the two countries will be able to contact in the near future. But I have to say that the date has not been agreed yet."
Data map: Russian President Putin (left) and US President Biden.
Ryabukov pointed out that “it is difficult to find the right time in the schedules of the leaders of the two countries, but this contact is very needed because there are more and more problems between the two countries.”
In recent days, relations between Russia and the United States have become increasingly tense.
The United States and other Western countries have always expressed concern about "Russia's invasion of Ukraine", but Russia has explicitly denied this issue.
Except for the Ukraine issue, on December 1, local time, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova stated that all US embassy personnel who have been in Moscow for more than three years should leave Russia before January 31, 2022.
Zakharova pointed out that it was the United States that had to do this first, and it was not Russia's choice.
In December 2020, the U.S. State Department unilaterally restricted the tenure of the staff of the Russian Embassy in the U.S. and the consulates in New York and Houston to three years.
Staff from other diplomatic missions stationed in the United States will serve in the United States for a term of 5 years.