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'US preconditions to return Russian diplomatic property daylight robbery'

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MOSCOW Jul 17, 2017 - 12:00 am GMT+3
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives to deliver a speech at the 5th Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) in Moscow, Russia, April 27, 2016. (Reuters Photo)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives to deliver a speech at the 5th Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) in Moscow, Russia, April 27, 2016. (Reuters Photo)
by Jul 17, 2017 12:00 am

U.S. attempts to set preconditions for the return of Russian diplomatic property seized in New York and Maryland are "daylight robbery", Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday, the RIA news agency reported.

Barack Obama, then U.S. president, ordered the seizure of two Russian diplomatic compounds and the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats in December over what he said was their involvement in hacking the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign, something Russia flatly denies.

Moscow has said a lot will depend on the outcome of a meeting in Washington later on Monday between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and U.S. Undersecretary of State Thomas Shannon who will discuss the continued diplomatic row.

Lavrov, on a visit to Belarus, was also cited as saying that "anti-Russian feeling" in the United States meant it was not certain that Moscow and Washington could agree on key global issues.

On a separate issue, RIA cited Lavrov as saying that Russia and the United States would do all they could to address Israeli concerns about the creation of de-escalation zones in Syria.

He was responding to comments by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who told reporters in Paris late on Sunday that the arrangement perpetuated Iran's presence in Syria and that Israel was therefore "utterly opposed" to it.

The public objection was rare for Netanyahu, who has sought to avoid confrontation with Moscow and Washington over Syria.

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