White House strategic communications coordinator John Kirby said that the US authorities are urging Russia to accept Washington’s offer to Moscow for a prisoner exchange.
“Of course, we will not discuss this publicly,” Kirby said. “We have made a serious offer and we urge the Russian side to accept this offer, because it is made sincerely, and we are confident that we can back up our words with arguments.” affairs”.
He added: “All we want is for Britney Grainer and Paul Whelan to return to their families, and President Joe Biden takes this so seriously that an offer has been made that we urge the Russian side to accept.”
He noted that the US and Russia are “working seriously at the government level” on this issue.
Source: TASS