Tangible Results on Cybersecurity to Remove Key Irritant to US-Russia Relations - Ambassador

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• Russian Ambassador to the US says Russia has no illusions on breakthroughs in ties with the US after the Geneva Summit and will hold a meeting on strategic stability "in the coming weeks".
  • Notes, however, that "over the past years, too many mutual claims and contradictions have accumulated, which cannot be resolved in a single jerk. However, there are opportunities for positive dynamics"
• Ambassador Antonov called the establishment of joint work of the Russian Federation and the United States in the field of cybersecurity a priority.
  • "We have submitted concrete proposals on the restoration of interaction mechanisms for effective investigation of incidents in the information space.
  • We count on a positive reaction from the administration. Achieving tangible results in the fight against cyber threats would help remove one of the biggest" irritants "in Russian-American relations,"
• Merkel cites the need to preserve the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine after the completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
  • "in the future, Ukraine will remain a gas transit country for us even if the construction of Nord Stream 2 is completed.
  • There are great concerns on the Ukrainian side. We take them seriously. We will discuss this topic.
  • It will be important during my visit to the United States, since the United States also considers this issue to be essential