Friday, March 29

Comment by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, M.V.Zakharova, in connection with the expulsion of a Russian employee of the UN Secretariat

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The United States, in violation of all understandings and its obligations under the UN Charter and the Agreement with the host country, continues to literally squeeze Russian representatives out of the UN structures.

Having expelled 12 diplomats from the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN, the Americans expel our last officer, officially seconded to the Department of Military Affairs of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. At the same time, they do not issue visas to other candidates from the Russian Ministry of Defense, who have long been approved to fill the relevant positions.

All this is happening against the backdrop of clear connivance on the part of both the UN Secretary General himself and the UN Secretariat, dutifully playing the role of extras in the face of the lawlessness that is happening. We are not going to accept this, and we say directly that we will respond bilaterally in relation, for example, to the American quota for diplomatic presence in Moscow, which is still counted taking into account the size of our mission in New York.

We may also talk about the expulsion of US diplomats, although we would not like to resort to this measure again. But the arrogance demonstrated by Washington, its unwillingness or inability to negotiate simply leave no other choice.

We call on the American side to show prudence and not to escalate further.

Source: https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1802501/

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