Zakharov: Department of state three times asked and three times cancelled the conversation with Lavrov – Moscow Komsomolets

the Representative of the Russian foreign Ministry recalled that the talks, Kerry and Lavrov will not please

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Official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova told about the current situation of dialogue between the Russian office and the us state Department.

In recent days, the US State Department three requested telephone channel for dialogue Secretary of state John Kerry and the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, but every time after that gave out. This was announced by the Director of the Department of information and press of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova at the briefing, reports RIA Novosti.

“as for the contacts (Lavrov and Kerry), you know, not our fault phone conversations you no longer pleased with. Proactive with them went the American side. In recent days there have been requests from the U.S. state Department to conduct such conversations — about three times. They were eliminated themselves by the Americans,” — said the representative office.

About a month ago, Sergei Lavrov said that in 2016 held with John Kerry more than 50 phone calls and about a dozen personal meetings. After that, the Russian foreign Minister had several telephone conversations with his us counterpart, a significant portion of the calls were concerning the situation in Syria.

Zakharov Also said that now the U.S. is trying not to pay attention to the consequences of their actions when operations for the liberation of the Iraqi Mosul.

“People are saved not only from the atrocities of the ISIS terrorists, but the bombing of the US-led coalition. Reports of casualties in its airstrikes are coming with alarming regularity. To deny, and even more to hide these facts, it is simply senseless”, – the Russian diplomat emphasized.