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The visit of British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to Moscow is being worked out for February 10, but there is no final confirmation that it will take place yet. About this corr. Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Andrei Kelin told TASS on Monday.

“She was diagnosed with coronavirus, I don’t know if she is able or not [to fly to Russia]. The visit was not announced in Moscow, so we say that it is being worked out,” the diplomat said. “We are preparing for February 10, but there are no final confirmations yet,” the ambassador explained. Truss revealed she had tested positive for the coronavirus exactly a week ago on January 31, adding that she would be working from home during the lockdown.

Earlier on Monday, The Times newspaper reported, citing sources in the British Foreign Office, that Truss intends on February 10 to call on the Russian Federation to “de-escalate and abandon unprovoked aggression” against Ukraine. It is noted that the head of the UK Foreign Office will speak out in favor of resolving the disagreements that have arisen “through diplomacy”, which “will be in the interests of not only Great Britain, NATO and Ukraine, but also Russian residents.” At the same time, according to the publication, Truss will tell the Russian side that “any further Russian invasion of Ukraine would be a tragic miscalculation.”

On Monday, the Russian embassy in London recalled on its Twitter page the latest harsh statements of Truss on Russia. Among other things, the head of the Foreign Office spoke about Moscow’s “false statements” about Russia’s lack of plans to invade Ukraine, following Washington, she accused the Russian authorities of intending to “fake an attack” by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass in order to justify retaliatory military steps against Kiev, and also threatened Russia “the toughest sanctions ever applied.”