"We did not support": Baiden reacted to US and Russian secret negotiations on Ukraine (video)

The White House was acknowledged that the unofficial contacts of former US officials with Sergei Lavrov and Russians close to the Kremlin were known. US Presidential Administration Joe Baiden did not sanctioned or maintained unofficial negotiations with representatives of the Russian Federation. About it writes Reuters on July 7, referring to representatives of the State Department.

The State Department commented on journalists that former US officials met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other Russians who were considered close to the Kremlin. "Baiden's administration did not sanctioned these discussions. And as we have repeatedly talked, nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine," the government spokesman said. For his part, the White House Representative John Kirby said in an interview with CBS News, who knew about unofficial discussions in the White House.

"But I want to clarify that these discussions were not encouraged or called, and we did not support them in some active way," Kirby said. We will remind that on July 6, journalists were reported with reference to six anonymous sources, which in the spring of 2023 a series of secret meetings of American exponents with Russian officials, scientists and analysts took place.