President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the need for a new U.S. ambassador to Russia during a short phone call regarding widespread wildfires in Siberia, CNN is reporting.
CNN quotes two senior administration officials who said the two leaders talked about a new ambassador, but didn’t name names.
Current ambassador Jon Huntsman is expected to leave his post and has been perhaps considering a return to Utah and the governor’s mansion, multiple sources told The Salt Lake Tribune in April.
CNN also quotes an embassy source who says Huntsman and his wife, Mary Kaye, have been going on an apparent “goodbye tour” in Russia and visiting fellow diplomats and others before they leave the country.