Mr. Lavrov said Russia first learnt about America?s decision to withdraw from the working group from a public announcement of the US State Department?s officials.
?We were notified only orally, no written announcement was submitted to us in this respect,? the minister said at a Moscow press conference.
?US withdrawal from working group on civil society reduces chances for dialogue ? Peskov?
America?s decision to quit the working group on civil society of the Russian-US bilateral presidential commission will reduce opportunities for a dialogue between the two nations, President Putin?s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
He voiced Moscow?s regret over this step. ?We can only regret the fact that we are losing this dialogue format, without finding any substitution for it,? Mr. Peskov said.
The US voiced its decision to withdraw from the Russian-US working group on civil society issues, which was set up on the way of Obama?s policy of improving ties with Russia, known as the ?reset,? in 2009.
The announcement to this effect was made Friday by Thomas Melia, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.
Kremlin regrets US withdrawal from civil society working group
Moscow regrets the U.S. decision to quit the bilateral Presidential Commission's working party on civil society.
"We regret whenever a bilateral format is cancelled without an appropriate substitute," presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.
US leaves Russian-US presidential commission's group on civil society
The US has made a decision to withdraw from the working group on civil society issues of the Russian-US bilateral presidential commission, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Thomas Melia told Interfax on Friday.
Voice of Russia, Interfax, RIA
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