BOSTON, November 9 (RIA Novosti) — Partnership between the United States and Russia in the sphere of science should not depend on the political situation, and Russia will continue viewing it as a priority, Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak said Saturday.
"At least in what concerns us [Russia], we are not in mood of reviving Cold War. Those difficulties that we are going through may probably have certain impact on the bilateral relations, but science relations have been and will be a priority for us, as I hope they are for our American colleagues too," Kislyak said during the Russian-speaking Academic Science Association (RASA) conference.
Conference taking place in Boston November 8-9 and supported by the Russian Embassy and Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology is aimed at promoting dialogue between the Russian and international scientific communities.
RASA is a non-governmental organization, founded in 2008 and comprising former soviet scientists working outside of Russia. The organization has more than 400 members and holds annual conferences. There are two RASA sections at the moment – in Europe and in the United States, with opening of the third one in Asia scheduled for 2015.
