Russia slams US for mishandling of diplomatic archives, reserves right to tit-for-tat response

Published time: 24 Oct, 2017 02:23 Edited time: 24 Oct, 2017 02:40 Moscow has accused Washington of denying access to and mishandling of diplomatic archives which remained in the Russian Consulate General in San Francisco after the building was seized by US authorities amid the ongoing diplomatic row. On August 31, Donald Trump’s administration ordered […]

US, Japan to maximise diplomatic pressure on Pyongyang but say they have to ‘prepare for the worst’

Published time: 17 Oct, 2017 08:41 Edited time: 17 Oct, 2017 08:47 US and Japanese diplomats have agreed to maximize pressure on North Korea in a bid to resolve tensions over its nuclear program, AP reports. US Undersecretary of State John Sullivan met with his Japanese counterpart, Shinsuke Sugiyama on Tuesday. The focus at the […]

‘Until first bomb drops’: Tillerson vows to continue diplomatic efforts on N. Korea

Published time: 15 Oct, 2017 13:58 © Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Washington will continue its diplomatic efforts to solve the North Korean crisis only “until first bomb drops,” US State Secretary Rex Tillerson told CNN. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Let’s block ads! (Why?) RT – Daily news

US diplomat summoned over Russian flag removal from seized diplomatic properties

Published time: 14 Oct, 2017 01:28 The Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned the US embassy chief in Moscow to demand the return of Russian flags, which were removed from seized diplomatic properties in the United States earlier this week. Speaking to Sputnik radio in Crimea, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the American charge […]

US military halts some exercises with Gulf countries over Qatar diplomatic crisis

Published time: 6 Oct, 2017 06:08 Edited time: 6 Oct, 2017 06:25 The US halted some military exercises with Gulf countries over the ongoing diplomatic row targeting Qatar, US Central Command told AP on Friday. “We are opting out of some military exercises out of respect for the concept of inclusiveness and shared regional interests,” […]

‘US, Russia should stop diplomatic war & start real work’ – Russia’s ambassador to US

RT Exclusive Published time: 6 Sep, 2017 00:16 Edited time: 6 Sep, 2017 00:18 Moscow and Washington should focus on their common agenda, such as the fight against international terrorism, instead of diplomatic bickering, Russia’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, told RT, calling on the US to stop attacks on Moscow. Despite the ongoing […]

'Violation of international law’: Russia to sue over diplomatic property row, Lavrov tells Tillerson

Published time: 5 Sep, 2017 20:26 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has told his American counterpart, Rex Tillerson, that Moscow has initiated legal proceedings over the “seizure” of Moscow’s diplomatic properties in the country at the behest of the current White House administration. The Foreign Ministry in Moscow said that Lavrov and Tillerson spoke by […]

Russian diplomatic property in US ‘inviolable’, Assange tells US

Whistleblower Julian Assange has accused the US of violating international agreements after it ordered Russia to vacate three diplomatic properties in the country within 72 hours, before searching them ignoring Moscow’s protests. “If Russia’s missions are standard diplomatic properties then they are inviolable under the VDR [Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961] signed by […]

Diplomatic war: From Obama’s expulsion of Russian embassy staff to Trump’s closure of SF consulate

A series of diplomatic ‘tit-for-tat’ steps since Barack Obama’s expulsion of Russian staff last year has severely strained relations between Russia and US. In its latest move, citing a “spirit of parity,” Washington gave Moscow 2 days to shut down its San Francisco consulate. December 2016: Obama expels Russian diplomats, confiscates diplomatic property Just days […]

'Now we have a smaller payroll': Trump thanks Putin for cuts to US diplomatic staff in Russia

Published time: 10 Aug, 2017 22:11 Edited time: 10 Aug, 2017 22:18 President Donald Trump deadpanned that he is “very thankful” for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order to kick out hundreds of US diplomatic staffers from Russia. Trump’s quip that the US would “save a lot of money” wasn’t met with much laughter, though. “I […]