The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharov responded that the Czech Republic’s authorities thanked Britain, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for supporting the position of Prague in confrontation with Russia. She stated this in his facebook -Akt.
Zakharov in connection with the expulsion of Russian diplomats remembered the words of the Czech writer Karel Chapeca. “Saransch is a natural disaster, although she is not afraid alone. The same …”, “the representative of the ministry wrote and asked to find the end of the quotation” Himself. “
The original quote of chapeca, which led Zakharov, ends with words “the same with fools.”
Earlier, the Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic Yakub Kulgank in his Twitter Account thanked the Baltic countries for solidarity in relation to Russia. According to Kulganka, the Baltic countries have always been “very close friends” of the Czech Republic, and, showing solidarity with the Czech side, they confirmed it.
On April 23, the Baltic countries decided to send several Russian diplomats. Estonia stated that the diplomatic act was associated with an explosion at the Czech warehouse of ammunition in 2014, in whose organizations are suspected of employees of Russian special services. Latvia and Lithuania explained that employees of the Russian embassy “carried out an activity incompatible with their diplomatic status.”
Czech Republic accused Russia in involvement in the explosion in the warehouse of ammunition in 2014 in Vrbetice. 18 diplomats sent from the country, whom Prague suspects in work at the special services. Moscow, in response, declared 20 employees of the Czech embassy. Later it became known that Russia and the Czech Republic equal the number of employees in the embassies.