The Russian ambassador has returned to the US to build “equal and pragmatic” ties with Russia News

Diplomatic relations between the two countries were broken but Biden has since taken office.

The Russian ambassador to the United States has returned to Washington and said he hopes to build “equal and pragmatic” ties in Geneva after the US-Russia summit, which aims to reduce tensions.

The plane carrying Ambassador Anatoly Antonov, who was recalled for consultation in March, was leaving Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on Sunday for New York, and will fly to Washington, Russian news agencies reported.

“Given the results of the meeting between the two presidents, I am relying on constructive work with my American colleagues to build equal and pragmatic relationships,” Antonov told Ria Novosti, adding that he is in a “positive mood”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin followed summit interviews Geneva, along with U.S. counterpart Joe Biden, said on Wednesday that Moscow and Washington had agreed to return their ambassadors to office.

Diplomatic relations between the two countries have broken down since Biden took office denounced the Kremlin Intervening in U.S. elections and launching cyberattacks.

After the roads Putin compared it to a “killer,” Russia took a strange step in recalling Ambassador Antonov in March and said U.S. envoy John Sullivan should return to Moscow for Washington.

Sullivan left Moscow in April after both countries announced tit-for-tat sanctions and the expulsion of diplomats.

“After a major summit, I hope to return to Moscow soon,” Sullivan, a spokesman for the US embassy, ​​told Jason Rebholz in a tweet.

AmbSullivan: “After an important summit, I hope to return to Moscow soon to lead a strong team @USEmbRu as implemented #POTUS The Biden policy guidelines set out in Geneva, including strategic stability, #Human rights, with a stable and predictable relationship # Russia“.

– Jason P. Rebholz (@USEmbRuPress) June 19, 2021

US-Russia relations have been deteriorating for years, especially with Russia in 2014 Annexation of Crimea From Ukraine, the intervention in Syria in 2015 and US charges denied by Moscow Mixed up in the 2016 election won by Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump.

Putin he said last week it was “hard to say” that relations would improve, but that there was “some hope.”

The Russian leader named Biden a constructive and experienced partner and said they spoke “the same language”.

But he added that there has been no friendship, but a pragmatic dialogue between the interests of the two countries.