US seeks consular visit of WSJ reporter detained in Russia FMTNews FMTWorld
Special presidential envoy Roger Carstens urged Moscow to grant US diplomats access to verify Evan Gershkovic’s condition.
“As we understand, he’s in good spirits, his health is good. But we haven’t been able to verify that by way of a consular visit,” Carstens, the chief US hostage coordinator, told ABC News’ “Good Morning America” programme. “We will not tolerate any attempts to pressure us, and it has no significance what status they assign to this person in Washington. We will act in accordance with our own internal needs, norms and laws that apply in this situation, and nothing more,” Russian state-owned news agency TASS quoted Ryabkov as saying.
The Wall Street Journal has said the “wrongfully detained” designation would help the US government in securing Gershkovich’s release. Representatives for the news outlet could not be immediately reached regarding efforts to secure consular access.
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