US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin since February regularly tries to contact his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu, but unsuccessfully.
“Chairman of the United Committee of the US Headquarters Mark Milli and I regularly try to contact our colleagues in Russia to ensure the continuation of the dialogue … from mid-February. We haven’t succeeded in this, because the Russians are not responding,” said Russian It is in budget hearings in the US Senate, RIA Novosti reports.