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Tuesday 6 August 2019

Jon Huntsman: US ambassador to Russia will step down

Two-year tenure ends with stark warning to hold Russia ‘accountable when its behavior threatens us’

Jon Huntsman, whose two-year tenure as the US ambassador to Russia has been characterized by disagreements with the Kremlin, is stepping down with a stark warning of “irreconcilable” divisions between Washington and Moscow and a warning to hold “Russia accountable when its behavior threatens us and our allies”.

In the resignation letter, first obtained by the Salt Lake Tribune, Huntsman said he was honored by the trust Trump placed in him “during this historically difficult period in bilateral relations”.

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