US-Russia relations normalization process put on ice — Kremlin aide

MOSCOW, June 17. /TASS/. Russia and the US are putting the process of normalizing their relations on hold, Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said in response to a question from TASS.

"It was originally agreed to hold the next meeting on the normalization of relations in Moscow, but later the Americans suggested a break," he told a news briefing.

"Now, obviously, some kind of an agreement will be reached between the [US] State Department and the [Russian] Foreign Ministry on where and when to hold the next meeting," Ushakov said. "So far, the issue has been somewhat suspended."