Russian Foreign Ministry Brushes Off Call Request From The US State Department

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Blinken meets with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, in Geneva. © Reuters/POOL  

RT: Russia will grant US call request ‘when time allows’  

Washington said it was seeking a conversation between State Secretary Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov  

Moscow has acknowledged receiving a call request from Washington on Thursday. A conversation between the two nation’s top diplomats might take place as soon as the busy schedule of Russia’s top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, makes it possible, the Foreign Ministry said. 

Lavrov will “pay attention to this request when time permits,” the ministry’s spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, told journalists, referring to Washington’s request for a phone conversation between Lavrov and US State Secretary Antony Blinken.  

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WNU Editor: The US State Department is still optimistic that this phone call will happen .... State Dept says still expecting Blinken-Lavrov call to happen in coming days (Reuters). I am not that optimistic.