Ambassador Antonov: US does not raise the issue of closing Russian diplomatic missions

“Of course, never say never.

But the current situation - what I hear from the White House, from the State Department - nevertheless indicates that the remnants of reason remained there and that today the American side does not raise the issue of closing diplomatic missions in this way, ”the ambassador said in an interview. Channel One, writes RIA Novosti.

Antonov believes that there are signals about the need to continue the work of the embassies and consulates general of Russia in Washington, New York and Houston.

He also stressed the importance of continuing the work of the US mission in Moscow.