The US State Department will not recognize Russia as a country sponsoring terrorism, but will continue to maintain close diplomatic relations with it, no matter how outraged Ukraine may be.
This statement was made on the YouTube channel “Know 24” by retired US captain 1st rank, ex-NATO representative in the Russian Federation Harry Tabakh, reports PolitNavigator correspondent.
“They are cunning, greedy politicians, and they have no conscience. Mrs. Pelosi (Nancy Pelosi, American politician, Speaker of the US House of Representatives - ed.) called for our State Department to declare Russia a country that sponsors terrorism, here I am a little on topic. It's like me asking you to tell all journalists to shut up and leave YouTube. You can't do it because it's against yourself.
The same thing, the State Department cannot break off diplomatic relations, that’s their job. They always take a position, no matter what the diplomatic relations, that they are diplomats, they still must conduct a dialogue and agree on something,” he emphasized.
“To call on them to call a country terrorist or a country that sponsors terrorism means breaking off diplomatic relations. She tells them: do something that is against you, against your professional ethics,” Tabakh explained.