Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently asked his US counterpart, Joe Biden, directly for the US to designate Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism", the Washington Post reported today, citing people with knowledge of the conversation between the two leaders.
Biden did not commit to specific actions during that conversation, the newspaper said.
The designation can be made to any country that "repeatedly supports acts of international terrorism," the Post said, citing a State Department fact sheet.
Currently, the list of states that the U.S. designates "state sponsors of terrorism" includes four countries: North Korea, Cuba, Iran and Syria.
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