This was stated by the official representative of the State Department, Ned Price.
“Ambassador Tracy intends to work to increase the number of embassy staff, ensuring that our diplomatic mission can resume basic functions, including, potentially, issuing visas,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying during a briefing.
According to Price, such an outcome would be in the interests of both countries.
In December, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Ivanov said that consultations between Russia and the United States on visa issues and the work of embassies would continue in 2023.
In turn, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov said that the American Embassy began to fill the vacancies of personnel responsible for issuing visas.