Diplomats – replacement seat 35 sent earlier.
Maria Zakharova believes that the us does “absolutely unacceptable linkage”.
Washington refuses to issue visas to Russian diplomatic representatives who shall be sent to the USA instead of 35 expelled diplomats. This was stated by the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
“Washington is not only not reversed the decision to expel our employees, but also refusing to issue visas to those who have to go to replacement,” Zakharova said at a briefing on Friday.
According to her, the us “is trying to do is absolutely unacceptable linking, which are not relevant in this situation.”
So, in December 2016 the US has expelled 35 Russian diplomats. According to the American side, the actions of the Russians are not consistent with their diplomatic status, in particular, they were suspected of involvement in hacking attacks.
Then the President of Russia Vladimir Putin said that Russia will not react to the actions of the US and will not be in response to send American diplomats. The Kremlin decided to wait until Donald trump will assume the office of President of the United States.
But this week, the media learned that six months later Moscow might send about 30 American diplomats, as well as the seizure of the property of the USA in Russia.
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