MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that a Russian official was detained by Spanish police during a working trip on Feb. 14 after her arrest was requested by the United States.

The Russian woman, who is now in jail in Tenerife, works for a government organization overseen by a Russian agriculture watchdog and was a part of an official delegation, the ministry said.

It added in a statement that her detention “could have been linked to a request from the United States”.

Spanish police declined to comment.