The Russian ambassador described the consultation with the US regarding the drone incident as constructive

According to Fars International News Agency, Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador to the United States of America, described his consultations with the American State Department official regarding the crash of the American drone in the Black Sea as “constructive”.

After a conversation with Karen Dunfried, the US assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, Antonov said in response to the question of whether Washington had warned Russia about the consequences of this action: “You mean did he threaten me?” or not The answer is no.”

He added: “We talked about this incident because we have differences about today’s incident, but it seemed to me that our conversation on this issue was constructive. I heard what they said and I hope they understood the points I said.” »

Hours earlier, it was reported that the United States summoned the Russian ambassador in protest of the action of the Russian fighter in shooting down the American MQ-9 drone over the Black Sea.

US State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Tuesday evening that he was in direct contact with the Russians at the highest levels to express their strong objection to the “unprofessional and unsafe interception of the Russian fighter jet”.

He further said: “We have called the Russian ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to convey this message to him, and the American ambassador in Moscow will also deliver this message to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.”

On Tuesday evening, an accident occurred for an American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea, during which the drone collided with a Russian fighter and the drone fell into the sea.

According to the US European Command, early Tuesday morning local time, a Russian Su-27 fighter intercepted a US Air Force Reaper drone in a mission over the Black Sea, but during this mission, the Russian plane collided with the drone, causing The drone fell into the Black Sea.

The White House announced about this incident that US President Joe Biden was informed about this accident. The spokesman for the national security of the White House has claimed that Russia’s unsafe and unprofessional behavior caused the MQ-9 drone to crash.

Meanwhile, Russia has repeatedly warned about the presence of foreign forces in the region and the possibility of military miscalculations. Russian officials have said that due to the developments in Ukraine, Russia and Western countries have entered into a proxy war and this may turn into a direct war.

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