The German authorities have decided to massively expel Russian diplomats, thus Berlin is pursuing a course to destroy the entire range of Russia-Germany relations, the Russian Foreign Ministry told TASS on Saturday.
"The authorities of the Federal Republic of Germany have decided on another mass expulsion of members of the Russian diplomatic missions in Germany. We strongly condemn these actions of Berlin, which continues to demonstratively destroy the entire range of Russia-Germany relations, including in their diplomatic dimension," the ministry pointed out.
Russia to ‘mirror’ mass expulsion of its diplomats from Berlin. "As a response to Berlin's hostile actions, the Russian side has decided to mirror the decision and expel German diplomats from Russia, as well as to significantly limit the maximum number of employees of German diplomatic missions in our country. On April 5, 2023, the Russian Foreign Ministry officially notified German Ambassador to Russia Geza Andreas von Geyr of this decision," the ministry pointed out.
"It is indicative that the German side, despite its repeated assurances of unwillingness to make the story public, violated them by making representatives of the media regularly used to organize 'controlled leaks and information' issues aware of its plot," the ministry said.
In April 2022, Berlin declared 40 Russian diplomats persona non grata.
The Russian side responded to Berlin's move in a mirror image, sending 40 employees of the German diplomatic mission at the end of April.
West's desire to break up Spain, Russia had no definite success — Russian ambassador
The desire of the West to break up Russia with its historical friends, such as Spain, has not been an unequivocal success, Russian ambassador to Madrid Yury Klimenko told a TASS correspondent on Saturday.
He presented his credentials to Felipe Philip VI of Spain on Thursday. "We had a very friendly conversation," the diplomat said, "Before that, I have communicated and interacted with members of the leadership of Spain at various levels, senior officials of the Foreign Ministry of this country, as well as representatives of local political parties and social circles."
"As a result, I have the stable impression that the insistent desire of the collective West to disassociate Russia from our historical friends has not been an unequivocal success," Klimenko added. At the same time, he recalled that Spain is a member of the EU and "diligently follows the Western mainstream, in particular, by supporting the Kiev regime in every way, supplying it with weapons."
"In this, our views differ diametrically from those of official Madrid," the diplomat specified, "It is worth mentioning that the embassy has been receiving more and more letters and phone calls from Spanish citizens expressing support to our country and demonstrating a deep understanding of international processes. This is encouraging.".
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