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US ambassador John Sullivan leaves the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow, after meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, and handing Washington's response to Moscow's security demands, according to Grushko. "The head of the American diplomatic mission handed over a written response of the US administration to the draft bilateral treaty on security guarantees," the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement following Sullivan's meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko. IMAGES
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