Thomas Shannon, undersecretary for political affairs, will travel to New York on Monday to meet Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov “to discuss a range of bilateral issues,” the department said in a one-sentence statement.
The working group headed by Shannon and Ryabkov is intended to address festering irritants in the U.S.-Russia relationship that are hindering cooperation on larger issues, such as Syria and Ukraine. …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
