Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the US government seized the diplomatic property of the Russian embassy in Washington. His words report RIA Novosti.
“is absolutely unacceptable and violates all imaginable diplomatic canons and the Convention that Americans seized and keep our diplomatic property under control,” Russian minister said. He also noted that the embassy staff do not allow for work places so that they can understand, “what is happening there now.”
Earlier, the Russian Foreign Minister in the negotiations with the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken stated that Moscow and Washington could quickly solve the problem with the functioning of the embassies of both countries. He noted that the Kremlin sends a white house signal about the ability to negotiate on this issue.
December 1, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that in January and in June 2022, 54 employees of the Russian diploma will be forced to leave Washington. The diplomat explained that the spouses of the diploma workers are taken by accreditation, children do not issue visas. According to him, the US authorities refuse any dialogue on this issue.