Media: US Ambassador will go to Washington for a while to consult with the new presidential administration

The American ambassador to Russia John Sullivan will still fly to the United States this week, after which he will return to Moscow, the Axios publication, citing a representative of the State Department.

Earlier, Axios wrote with reference to sources that Sullivan did not intend to leave Russia, despite the recommendations of the Foreign Ministry to go to Washington for consultations. As the interlocutors of the publication said, if they want Sullivan to leave Moscow, "he will have to force him."

The representative of the State Department said that Sullivan will return to the United States to visit his family and meet with the members of the new administration, with whom he did not have the opportunity to consult since he agreed to continue the service at his post for an indefinite deadline. He will return to Moscow in the coming weeks.

On April 16, the Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Russian side recommended Sullivan to "go to its capital and hold detailed, serious consultations there." This advice was explained by the fact that the ambassadors of Russia and the USA in Washington and Moscow must be in its capitals to analyze the situation.

The Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov was previously called to Moscow for consultations. This happened after the American President Joe Biden in an interview with ABC News said that the Russian leader would "pay for the intervention in the elections." At the same time, the head of the White House, affirmatively answered the question whether he considers Vladimir Putin a "killer."

On April 13, a representative of the State Department stated that the US authorities do not intend to recall an ambassador from Russia in response to an ambassador of the Russian Federation in Washington Anatoly Antonov at a consultation with Moscow. "The work that he and other US diplomats in Russia perform every day is vital for promoting American interests and our bilateral relations," said the representative of the State Department.