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According to her, by taking “unfriendly steps” towards Moscow, Czech officials “did not understand where they were going.”
“They got what they hadn’t dreamed of even in the most terrifying dream. In addition to strange and ill-considered statements that seemed like an ultimatum, they uttered the word “parity.” Well, parity is parity. As for the Czech Republic, a significant part, I would even say, of the majority of its diplomatic mission personnel in Russia are Russian citizens, “Zacharova said on the air of the First Channel.
According to the woman, Russia has never recruited citizens of the country where the embassy is accredited to serve as diplomats or members of the administrative and technical staff.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also reacted to Slovakia’s decision to send Russian diplomats. Ms. Zakharova called the decision pseudo-solidarity.
“We are very disappointed by the hostile actions of Bratislava. It decided to show pseudo-solidarity with Prague in the fabricated. We will not have to wait long for our response,” an official spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry told the TASS news agency.
63 employees of the Russian Embassy in Prague have to leave the Czech Republic. Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhánek said on national television on Thursday.
Maria Zacharova
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“We have in mind 63 employees of the Russian embassy, who will leave the Czech Republic with their families,” he said.
Earlier on Thursday, Kulhánek announced that the Czech Republic was reducing the number of Russian diplomats at the embassy in Prague to the number of Czech diplomats at the embassy in Moscow.
“We are limiting the number of diplomats at the Russian Embassy in Prague to match the number of our diplomats at the Embassy in Moscow. This decision takes effect today. Russia has time to withdraw its people (from the Czech Republic) at the end of May, “said the minister.
Jakubas Kulhanekas
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, 27 diplomats and 67 technicians have been working at the Russian Embassy since Tuesday, and 5 diplomats and 19 technicians at the Embassy of the Czech Republic.
April 17 The Czech government has reportedly expelled 18 employees from the Russian embassy in Prague who are special service officials. This decision was made after investigating the circumstances of the explosions at the ammunition depots in the village of Vrbetice in the eastern Czech Republic. The Russian Foreign Ministry has vigorously protested this “unreasonable” move in Prague and declared 20 employees of the Czech embassy in Moscow undesirable.
Ms Zakharova said on Thursday that the Czech Republic had embarked on a path of ruining relations with Russia and that Moscow’s response would not take long.
He recalled the “red lines” named by Russian President Vladimir Putin in his annual report to the Federal Assembly on Wednesday, and stressed that Moscow will not allow anyone to cross them.
“It just came to our knowledge then. Now we are responding without any romantic veil in the hope of common sense. We are responding in a way that, on the one hand, depends on international law, on the other hand, as mandated by the tradition of diplomacy. , and thirdly, how it benefits us. But at the same time, we really follow a peaceful and cooperation-oriented approach, “said the Russian diplomat.
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