Trump phoned Putin this week after seeing a map of widespread wildfires in Siberia, senior administration officials say. But they also discussed the need for a new US ambassador in Russia, since Jon Huntsman is expected to depart his post soon.
But their conversation also drifted to a discussion of the need for a new US ambassador in Russia, two officials said, since the current envoy Jon Huntsman is expected to depart his post soon.Huntsman and his wife in the last few months have been on what appears to be a goodbye tour, according to an embassy source, having dinners with fellow diplomats and others as they prepare to leave the country.
Neither the American nor the Russian statement mentioned any discussion of the sanctions, but Putin praised Trump's offer of firefighting help"as a guarantee that in the future it will be possible to restore full-fledged relations between the two countries."The State Department did not reply to request for comment on Huntsman's tenure.
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