MOSCOW, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – Russia’s deputy foreign minister
on Saturday declined to comment on reported calls between
president-elect Donald Trump’s incoming national security advisor
and Moscow’s ambassador to Washington.
Asked to comment on the reported calls, deputy foreign
minister Sergei Ryabkov told RIA Novosti news agency that “we
don’t comment on daily working contacts of our embassy or foreign
ministry representatives with colleagues from other countries,
including the United States.”
The Washington Post reported that Flynn telephoned
Moscow’s ambassador to Washington Sergei Kislyak, several
times on December 28.
It said Kislyak extended an invitation for the incoming administration to attend peace talks on Syria to be hosted by
Russia and Turkey in Kazakhstan, which are planned for January
23, three days after Trump’s inauguration.