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Ukraine war: US ambassador urges Russia not to close embassy

Sullivan says it would be a 'big mistake' if Russia and the US were to close embassies [File: J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]

Russia should not close the US embassy despite the crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine because the world’s two biggest nuclear powers must continue to talk, the US ambassador to Moscow has been quoted as saying.

When asked whether the two countries’ embassies could be shut down, John Sullivan told the Russian state news agency TASS on Monday that such a move would be “a big mistake”.

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