Overview
- The statement calls for any rapprochement to rest on equality, respect for national interests, and non‑confrontational coexistence.
- Embassy messaging links the opening to shifts in U.S. policy under President Donald Trump and to a multipolar world view.
- The mission recalls past crises such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Korean airliner incident as examples where both sides found off‑ramps.
- Cited positive precedents include joint work founding the UN, core arms‑control agreements, and the 1975 Apollo–Soyuz docking.
- Diplomatic ties were first established on November 16, 1933, with Russia cited as the USSR’s successor, and no new U.S. response or concrete agreements were reported.