“The United States, being a responsible country, considers it its obligation to maintain channels of communication with Russia,” TASS quotes Price as saying at a briefing.
He emphasized that keeping in touch is especially important in times of tension.
Earlier, The Wall Street Journal, citing sources, reported that US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has allegedly been holding confidential talks with Russian leader aide Yuri Ushakov and Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev in recent months.
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that Anglo-Saxon newspapers publish a lot of ducks and advised him to contact the White House.