Russia, US spokespersons agree to team up to organize media work at top diplomatsâ talks
Maria Zakharova said that she had seen her American counterpart in Reykjavik ahead of a meeting between Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
ST. PETERSBURG, June 3./TASS/. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS on Thursday that she had agreed with US Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price to cooperate in organizing the activity of journalists at meetings between the top diplomats of Russia and the US.
Zakharova said that she had seen her American counterpart in Reykjavik ahead of a meeting between Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. It was decided that we will be doing everything necessary and within our powers at certain contacts of our leaders, I refer to the ministers, to see that the media, journalists face no problems. Our task is to see both the media work normally and meetings cover
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Connecticut reported its first day without Covid-19 deaths since September, while hospitalizations in New York State declined to less than 1,000 for the first time since October.
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The World Health Organization lists the SARS-CoV-2 mutations originating from Britain, India and South Africa as variants of concern but has not said that any of them are deadlier than the original SARS-CoV-2 strain. news
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Russia said it will eliminate the dollar from its oil fund to reduce vulnerability to Western sanctions just two weeks before President Vladimir Putin holds his first summit meeting with US leader Joe Biden.
The National Wellbeing Fund will shift its dollar holdings into euros, yuan and gold, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said.
The dollar pared gains on the news Thursday before bouncing back as analysts said the immediate market impact is likely to be limited.
The transfer, which affects about $119 billion in liquid assets of which about a third is held in dollars, will take place within the central bank’s huge reserves.