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MINSK, 17 July. /TASS/. The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov called robbery in broad daylight, the situation around the Russian departmenet in the United States, which closed the Russian diplomats.
“As for the essence of what you quoted, if so, that is robbery in broad daylight. Gangsters some the high road, it turns out, commented on the situation”, – he said to journalists on Monday, commenting on the reports, citing senior officials in the White house that the US does not intend to return of diplomatic property of Russia without getting “something in return”.
“The source is anonymous? – said the Minister. – So, you know that they have a guilty conscience”.
“How is it possible: to select the property that is assigned to the bilateral intergovernmental ratified the document, and to get her back, operate on the principle “what is mine is mine, what is yours we share”? – surprised Lavrov. – So people do not behave decent and polite”.
The head of the Russian depodesta expressed hope that “Russophobia in Congress [USA] will decline”. “I am convinced that the trump still have sane people who understand that the decision to arrest diplomatic property, and the expulsion of 35 diplomats with families, had been accepted by the administration [of former President Barack] Obama is already in a state of agony, when she didn’t know how to destroy our relationship with Washington so that the property could not trump these relationships be restored,” – he added.
“Zealous attitude of seeking out some hidden channels of Russia’s influence on what is happening in the US, clearly does not subside, to my great regret, and adds confidence that we will be able in international relations to establish normal cooperation, in the interests of all countries without exception,” – said Lavrov.
History
At the end of December 2016, the US administration, then headed by Barack Obama, has imposed sanctions against Russia, declaring persona non grata 35 employees of the Embassy in Washington and Consulate General in San Francisco, as well as with two Russian diplomatic villas in the States of new York and Maryland. Access to the Russian staff of these complexes were banned. The response of the Russian Federation has still not adopted.
The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that “if it will not move”, Russia is ready to significantly reduce the number of employees of the U.S. Embassy in Russia, and to seize the American Embassy dacha and warehouse as a reflex action to the actions of the American side.
As expected, this topic will be on Monday, one of the Central during the consultations Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov and US under Secretary of state Thomas Shannon.