Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs commented on the appeal of American senators to send 300 Russian diplomats from the United States. This is reported by TASS.
in the department stated that there are no such number of Russian diplomats in Washington. Representatives of the Russian ministries also wondered that American senators could, not possessing relevant knowledge in international relations, to confuse and calculate at the same time working in post-UN Russian employees.
At the same time, the Ministry of the Ministry notes that those who offer similar steps most likely achieve the closure of American overtakers in Russia. “They must be aware of the responsibility that responsibility for it will lie on them,” the statement says.
Earlier it was reported that the US Senators from the Democratic and Republican Parties wrote an open letter to the President of Joe Bidenu, in which he demanded that he put the ultimatum authorities. Moscow must expand the US Embassy in the Russian Federation, otherwise 300 Russian diplomats will send out of Washington.
American politicians and diplomats have repeatedly talked about the disproportionality of the diplomatic missions of Moscow and Washington. According to the American ambassador in the Russian Federation, John Sullivan, Russia has 123 embassy employees, and in the USA – 400 Russian diplomats. He encouraged Russia to equalize the situation and arrange the same visas as much as the USA as much as the United States.