The Russian side hopes that the American administration will not pursuit foreign ventures in Syria and Venezuela in an attempt to distract public attention from the consequences of the budget crisis, the Russian Embassy in the US said in a statement released on Thursday.
The embassy said it was said that the US diplomats “are forced to fulfill their duties…to an aspiration to offend Russia, in this particular case -‘Vladimir Putin’s government that never shuts down’
“It is sad that the U.S. Secretary of State’s attempt to cheer up his diplomats, who are forced to fulfill their duties without a paycheck, dumbed down, just as always, to an aspiration to offend Russia, in this particular case – ‘Vladimir Putin’s government that never shuts down’. There are seemingly no reasonable arguments for his subordinates in Michael Pompeo’s arsenal,” the Russian embassy said.
“The only thing left is to hope that the U.S. Administration will not pursuit foreign ventures, for instance, in Syria or Venezuela in attempt to shift public opinion from the aftermath of the shutdown. We wish our colleagues in the U.S. Department of State resilience and hope to continue our dialogue on the most pressing issues of bilateral and global agenda, on which international security and strategic stability depend. We are ready for such work,” the embassy concluded.
Speaking earlier about the way the American diplomats are performing their duties across the world under the suspension of the government’s operation, Pompeo noted that representatives for the Department of State in the whole world know that the Russian government never suspends its operation.