U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called all the foreign ministers of countries that deal with North Korea following Monday's nuclear test and all but one of them picked up the phone -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
However, State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland denied that Kerry was "frantically trying" to reach Lavrov. "There's been nothing frantic about it. He reached out to Foreign Minister Lavrov yesterday, made it clear again today that he's ready to talk whenever Foreign Minister Lavrov can find the time," Nuland said. Lavrov has been traveling in Africa, she noted. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had similar difficulty reaching Lavrov quickly by phone. In early 2012, Lavrov was traveling in Australia and didn't return Clinton's call about a pending U.N. resolution on Syria.
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/02/13/russian_foreign_minister_won_t_return_kerry_s_call
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2013/02/204564.htm
http://www.lenta.ru/news/2013/02/14/nocall/
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/02/13/russian_foreign_minister_won_t_return_kerry_s_call
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2013/02/204564.htm
http://www.lenta.ru/news/2013/02/14/nocall/
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