If the United States does not compromise against Russian diplomats in Washington, until July 1, 2022, the territory of the Russian Federation will leave another team of US diplomsses in Moscow. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharov, the quotation leads RIA Novosti.
“If Washington does not give up a three-year rule and will not compromise, workers will still leave in a total of a total of Russians,” the diplomat threatened.
According to Zakharova, such a requirement is presented to both Russian diplomats, actually send them three years of work.
So the diplomat commented on Washington’s requirement, nominated for employees of Russian diplomacy in the United States. 27 Russian diplomats must leave the country on January 30, and as many will go on June 30, 2022: that is, only 54 people.
“We consider the American demand precisely as an expulsion and intend to respond accordingly. By January 31, 2022, Russia must leave the staff of the US Embassy, which are in Moscow over three years,” – announced Zakharov.
At the same time, the Deputy Head of the US State Department of State Jalina Porter stated that the departure of Russian diplomats, scheduled for 2022, cannot be considered as their expulsion or punitive measure. However, the Ambassador of Russia in Washington Anatoly Antonov, on the contrary, spoke of coercion to departure. In particular, the United States rejects all the proposals of Russia to restore inter-parliamentary communications, reject requests for meetings in Congress and refuse to listen to Russian argumentation.