Moscow considers the decision of the German Foreign Ministry to close the consulates of the Russian Federation as a step towards destroying relations between the states. This was reported on the website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Ministry clarified that we are talking about the Russian consulates in Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich and Frankfurt am Main.
“Recently, it was the German side that initiated the mass expulsion of our diplomats, imposing quotas for a number of categories for employees of foreign missions, and delaying the issuance of visas, on clearly exaggerated excuses. At the same time, forgetting the double inequality in their favor in terms of the number of personnel of foreign institutions, ”the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “Moscow 24”.
The Ministry emphasized that Russia’s reaction actions were carried out only mutually. In addition, the Russian Federation does not accept Germany’s various attempts to acquit itself of the crime of escalation and calls on the German authorities to stop these actions.