Russia, US ease tensions with visa deal for Moscow school

MOSCOW - Russia's Foreign Ministry has softened its refusal to issue visas for teachers at a Moscow school run by the US, British and Canadian embassies amid signs of a slight thaw in tensions between the Kremlin and Washington.

Russia last month blocked visas for 30 teachers and administrators at the school, founded in 1949 by the US, British and Canadian governments to educate the children of diplomats, in a move that US Ambassador Jon Huntsman said used children"as pawns in diplomatic disputes". Moscow accused the US of misrepresenting the situation, saying it denied only teachers who had applied for visas as embassy employees with diplomatic passports.

Russia had previously sought the US's agreement to boost the number of support personnel at its Washington embassy in exchange for the teachers' visas.The deal comes as President Donald Trump called Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to offer help battling wildfires raging across Siberia. Putin declined assistance but said it was a sign that the two countries could restore"full-fledged relations" in the future.

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