The American ambassador in Moscow finished his mission

The American ambassador in Moscow. Meanwhile, Lynne Tracy, appointed under the administration of Joe Biden, finished his mission, announced on Friday Washington, when the United States and Russia have led a rapprochement since the return to power of Donald Trump.

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“Lynne Tracy leaves Moscow,” said the United States Embassy in Russia on Telegram, in particular by expressing his “gratitude” for his “service faithful to the American people” and his “deep respect for Russian culture”.

His activities in this position “were characterized by the opening. the honesty and the conviction that a constructive dialogue is important even for difficult times”, assures the press release published at “the occasion of the departure of the american ambassador moscow finished his American ambassador Lynne Tracy from Moscow”, the date of which is not specified.

Arrival in Moscow in January 2023. Lynne Tracy was the first woman to have exercised this function in the history of the United States.

Since the return to the White House of Donald Trump. Moscow and Washington have undertaken a warming of their relationships, after years of extreme tensions linked in particular to the conflict in Ukraine, but the disagreements remain numerous.

On Wednesday. the Kremlin said that the United States was “not ready” to lift the obstacles to the functioning of its respective diplomatic missions, several days after the cancellation by Washington of a meeting in the context of efforts to normalize relations between the two countries.

On June 16. Moscow had announced that the United States had canceled the next bilateral meeting concerning the normalization of the work of their embassies, after several years of american ambassador moscow finished his multiple cross-expulsions of diplomats and obstacles to the functioning of their diplomatic representations.

The functioning of diplomatic missions represents one of the “irritating” subjects. according to the jargon employed by Moscow, between Russia and the United States, and the two powers recently led two cycles of negotiations in Turkey on this subject.

But the dynamics of the discussions have slowed in recent weeks. and the prospect of obtaining a rapid agreement on this file, as on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine – desired by Donald Trump – seems to have faded.