The parties are no longer in contact, Russian Ambassador to Athens Andrey Maslov said on July 26. “Since the end of February, our bilateral relations have been completely destroyed, they no longer exist,” the diplomat said on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
The diplomat noted that there is no threat of blocking the embassy’s accounts, and expressed regret that the Greek government “has taken a course on complicating the channels of diplomatic communication. No matter how bad foreign policy relations are, relations between states and diplomatic channels should remain inviolable.
Andrey Maslov notes, writes GreekReporter, that 8 out of 12 expelled diplomats are representatives of the highest and senior levels of the Russian Embassy:
Therefore, we cannot but consider the Greek action as malicious actions aimed not only at breaking down bilateral relations, but even at destroying diplomatic channels of communication.
The diplomat noted that there is no threat of blocking the embassy’s accounts, and expressed regret that the Greek government “has taken a course on complicating the channels of diplomatic communication. No matter how bad foreign policy relations are, relations between states and diplomatic channels should remain inviolable.
Andrey Maslov notes, writes GreekReporter, that 8 out of 12 expelled diplomats are representatives of the highest and senior levels of the Russian Embassy:
Therefore, we cannot but consider the Greek action as malicious actions aimed not only at breaking down bilateral relations, but even at destroying diplomatic channels of communication.
At the end of June Russia announced the deportation eight Greek diplomats as a mirror measure in response to the expulsion of a group of Russian diplomats from Greece.
In Athens, they expressed bewilderment and said – and why us? Referring to the fact that in this case Russia violated the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963.
Russia has included Greece in the “black list” of unfriendly countries.
According to a message on the website of the Russian government, the expanded list “unfriendly countries”which “commit hostile actions against Russian diplomatic and consular missions abroad”, Greece was also included.
The diplomat noted that there is no threat of blocking the embassy’s accounts, and expressed regret that the Greek government “has taken a course on complicating the channels of diplomatic communication. No matter how bad foreign policy relations are, relations between states and diplomatic channels should remain inviolable.
Andrey Maslov notes, writes GreekReporter, that 8 out of 12 expelled diplomats are representatives of the highest and senior levels of the Russian Embassy:
Therefore, we cannot but consider the Greek action as malicious actions aimed not only at breaking down bilateral relations, but even at destroying diplomatic channels of communication.
At the end of June Russia announced the deportation eight Greek diplomats as a mirror measure in response to the expulsion of a group of Russian diplomats from Greece.
In Athens, they expressed bewilderment and said – and why us? Referring to the fact that in this case Russia violated the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963.
Russia has included Greece in the “black list” of unfriendly countries.
According to a message on the website of the Russian government, the expanded list “unfriendly countries”which “commit hostile actions against Russian diplomatic and consular missions abroad”, Greece was also included.
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