Joe Biden had notably qualified his counterpart Vladimir Poutine of “war criminal” for the conflict carried out in Ukraine by Russia.
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Tensions between Moscow and Washington. Russia did not like US President Joe Biden’s remarks that called Vladimir Putin of “war criminal” for the conflict in Ukraine. They “are unworthy of a statesman of high rank”, estimated Monday, March 21 the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov summoned US Ambassador John Sullivan and said he told him that such remarks “bring Russian-American relations to the brink of rupture”.
He also claimed to have warned him that “hostile actions against Russia will be firmly and resolutely repelled”. The spokesman for American diplomacy, Ned Price, for his part reaffirmed on Monday, in reaction to the summons of the ambassador, that the United States saw “clearly evidence” than the Russians “intentionally target civilians and carry out indiscriminate attacks”.
Ned Price would not confirm the risk of “break” diplomatic relations and added that he was “important to maintain communication channels with Russia”. The American spokesperson also claimed that the United States ambassador had “took advantage of this meeting to demand that the Russian government respect international law and basic human dignity, by allowing consular access to all American nationals detained in Russia”.