The number of American diplomats operating in Russia is not comparable to the number of employees of the Russian diplomacy in the United States. This was stated by US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan, his words were published in twitter -Kacking the American Embassy.
Sullivan drew attention to the greater imbalance in the number of diplomats in two states. “In Russia, 123 embassy employees work, and in the USA – 400 Russian diplomats distributed between the embassy, two consulates and post prunes in the UN. The numbers speak for themselves,” he stressed.
Sullivan noted that for the productive work of a diplomatic mission, a “adequate number of employees” is necessary. He encouraged Russia to equalize the situation and arrange as much visas as much as the USA as much as the United States decor Russian.
“We are in favor of creating stable and predictable relationships between our countries. We hope that the Russian Foreign Ministry too,” the ambassador added.
Earlier, the Foreign Ministry announced the readiness to quickly issue visas to US diplomats. This was announced by Deputy Director of the Information and Printing Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alexander Charts. He stated that Russia is ready for constructive work, provided that it is based on the mutual interests of the two countries, and if Washington fulfills its obligations.
On August 2, it became known that the United States gathered out from the country of 24 diplomat from Russia, whose visa expires. They prescribed to leave the country until September 3. In response to this decision of Russia’s Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov pointed out that now about 60 employees of the Russian diplomacy with families of more than a year since May 2020 are expected to decide on visa requests to the United States. He stressed that because of this outrageous practice, people cannot go home even on urgent matters.