The head of the Federation Council commission for the protection of state sovereignty, Andrei Klimov, said in a conversation with Lenta.ru that the United States was violating the established agreements by forcing Russian diplomats to leave the States.
“The Americans have set conditions under which our diplomats, a rather large group, are forced to leave the territory of the United States. Conditions are being created under which we cannot use the already agreed-upon quantitative parameters, and in this regard, the Americans, of course, violate the agreements that existed, “Klimov said.
The senator also noted that Washington has no desire to resolve this conflict and come to normal interaction between the diplomatic services of the United States and Russia, and called it a problem.
Earlier, a spokesman for the US State Department, Jalina Porter, said that the departure of 54 Russian diplomats, scheduled for 2022, cannot be considered as their expulsion or punitive measure. In response, Russian Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, accused the United States of deliberately distorting the facts regarding the requirement for Russian diplomats to leave the country, saying that Washington was actually expelling diplomats.
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