Trump's envoy says sports could reopen the doors to US-Russia relations

Paolo Zampolli noted that US President Donald Trump understands it

Washington, October 15. /TASS/. Paolo Zampoli, the US Special Envoy for Global Partnerships, said sports could reopen the doors of Russia-US relations that have been closed due to politics.

"President [Donald] Trump knows that sports can reopen doors that politics has kept closed," the diplomat, who works at both the White House and State Department, told TASS in an interview Thursday.