WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would speak very soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported plague death of a laboratory technician, as Washington and the United Nations called for transparency from Moscow.<\/p>\n
Russian authorities denied that they were imposing anti-plague measures and played down the reports of an incident at a plague research institute in Siberia\u2019s Irkutsk region last week.<\/p>\n
But Washington is showing growing concern, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling on Russia to be open about the situation. The World Health Organization issued a similar appeal Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe encourage Russia to be transparent and share more information with the world so that all of us could react accordingly and appropriately,\u201d Rubio said during a trip to Iceland.<\/p>\n
Trump later said he would be speaking to Putin about what happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a call scheduled, yes,\u201d Trump told reporters at the White House when asked if he had spoken to Putin on the issue yet, adding that it would happen \u201cvery soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked what US intelligence agencies were saying about the situation, Trump added: \u201cWe\u2019re in very deep discussions. We\u2019ll be able to report on it probably tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Wall Street Journal reported that the US State Department had sent Russia a confidential diplomatic communication, known as a demarche, warning Moscow that failure to disclose details runs counter to its international health obligations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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