Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the expulsion of diplomats from Russia's Permanent Mission to the UN
1 March 2022 20:55
396-01-03-2022
We regard the expulsion of 12 diplomats from the Russian Permanent Mission in New York as a deliberate and cynical escalation in Russia-US relations provoked by Washington in violation of US obligations under the corresponding agreement with the host country.
The Biden administration is continuing a policy that seeks not only to completely destroy the foundations of interstate relations, but also to undermine the central role of the UN in an attempt to impose the notorious "rules-based order" dictated by the United States and its satellites. The purpose of the unfolding developments and the timing of this utterly hostile action are clear to us and are supposed to increase pressure, blackmail and intimidation in order to weaken our position and deprive us of the opportunity to be fully functional on the UN platform.
Dirty tricks by the Americans do not come as news to anyone. Losing again and again on the diplomatic field, Washington seeks revenge by abusing its position as the country on whose territory the UN headquarters happens to be located.
In view of what has occurred, there can be no more place for excuses and delays in immediately launching an official arbitration procedure between the United Nations and the United States in connection with their flagrant violations of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement. We remind the UN Secretary General of this again.
With regard to the expulsion of Russian diplomats, it will not remain without a proper response which will not be necessarily symmetrical. Our advice to decision-makers in Washington is to think about the consequences of their destructive policy.
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