“We made a serious offer to bring home Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.
And we call on Russia to accept our offer.
I can't say more in public space, but we will take all the necessary steps to bring our citizens home, as we did with Trevor Reed, ”Newsweek quoted Jean-Pierre as saying.
On August 4, the Khimki Court of the Moscow Region sentenced Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for drug smuggling and possession.
An American basketball player was detained on February 18 at Sheremetyevo Airport on suspicion of trying to illegally import banned substances into Russia.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the exchange problem Greiner.