MOSCOW - Russia and the United States are putting the process of normalizing their relations on hold, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said on Tuesday.

"It was originally agreed to hold the next meeting on the normalization of relations in Moscow, but later the Americans suggested a break," Ushakov said at a news briefing.

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"Now, obviously, some kind of agreement will be reached between the US State Department and the Russian Foreign Ministry on where and when to hold the next meeting," he said. "So far, the issue has been somewhat suspended."

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the planned negotiations between Russia and the United States aimed at eliminating irritants to normalize the operations of diplomatic missions of both countries have been cancelled by the American negotiators.

"We hope that the pause they have taken will not prove excessively prolonged," she said.

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