The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharov called the condition in which countries may be called Russian friends. Her words transmits TASS.
In response to the view that Moscow has no “friends” in the international arena, Zakharov noted that the use of quantitative indicators in this topic “flawed”. Instead, she proposed to refer to how relations between the countries were historically and to the fact that their national interests are observed.
“The number of friends is not measured … Russian friends are those countries that do not betray,” the diplomat said.
June 3 Zakharova gave several tips to countries that do not want to get into the list of unfriendly countries. “The main thing is our main thesis: we for the development of equal relations,” the diplomat noted. The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed that there should be mutual respect for any interactions. Under this condition of the country will not fall into these lists.
On May 14, the Russian government published a list of unfriendly countries, which included only the United States and the Czech Republic. It was clarified that the Czech Republic is allowed to hire no more than 19 Russian workers in the Russian dipmissism, and nor.