VLADIVOSTOK. Dec 3 (Interfax) - The United States wants to maintain relations with Russia, at lower levels if not at the top level," Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said.
"The Americans have confirmed that contacts cannot be interrupted," he said in an interview with the program Moscow. Kremlin. Putin on Rossiya 1 (VGTRK) television.
"If meetings at the top level can't be organized, one needs to continue at lower levels, it's also necessary," Ushakov said.
Speaking about the decision made by U.S. President Donald Trump not to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina, Ushakov said that initially there was only a relevant message from the head of the U.S. administration during his flight to Buenos Aires.
"Then, as far as I know, the Americans tried to contact our colleagues by phone and add something to what Trump had said on Twitter," he said.