WBRZ - Baton Rouge

There has been no suspension of adoptions of Russian children by Americans, according to the U.S. State Department. The statement comes after suspension reports circulated Thursday based on comments from a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

He was reacting to the case of an American woman who sent her seven-year-old adopted son back to Russia on a plane by himself.

A delegation from the U.S. plans to meet with Russian officials next week to discuss a possible adoption treaty. Russia says this kind of treaty must be signed if adoptions to the U.S. are to continue.