Russia's Lavrov: Moscow seeks to publish cache of 2016-2017 communications with U.S
WASHINGTON - Russian Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said Moscow wanted to publish a cache of communications with Washington that he said cleared Russia of allegations it interfered in the 2016 U.S. election, but that the United States has blocked their release.
“We suggested to our colleagues that in order to dispel all suspicions that are baseless: Let us publish this close channel of correspondence starting from October 2016 until November 2017 so it would all become very clear to many people,” Lavrov said through an interpreter at the news conference. It was not immediately clear what communications Lavrov was referring to. He said Moscow “used the channels that existed” between Washington and Moscow at the time in 2016 with the Obama administration, and had got “zero response” when it appealed for an opportunity to directly discuss the allegations.
Russia has long denied interfering in the run-up to the November 2016 election in which Republican Trump was the surprise winner against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
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