Putin didn't want diplomacy, U.S. tells neutral Vietnam

Senior State Department official to share details of failed talks with Moscow

Speaking in Ho Chi Minh City on June 11, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said Russia rejected diplomatic solutions to head off the Ukraine war. (Photo by Lien Hoang)

LIEN HOANG, Nikkei staff writer

June 11, 2022 18:42 JST

HO CHI MINH CITY -- Wendy Sherman, the No. 2 official in the U.S. State Department, vowed to share with Vietnam details of the Biden administration's discussions with Russia, which failed to stave off Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Washington wants to show Hanoi that Russian President Vladimir Putin "did not want to pursue diplomacy," Sherman said in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.