Russian Ambassador: Russia is open for dialogue with Germany, despite the situation with diplomats – Politics
MOSCOW, December 18. / TASS /. Russia leaves “open doors” for interaction with the new leadership of the FRG, despite Berlin’s “politically motivated” decision to expel Russian diplomats. About this in an interview with the newspaper “News” The declared ambassador of the Russian Federation in Berlin is Sergei Nechaev.
“Nevertheless, we leave the doors open. We are ready to interact with the new leadership of the FRG on the international agenda and topics of mutual interest. [Владимира Путина] in the name of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, “Nechaev said.
According to the diplomat, Russia’s verdict of the Supreme Land Court of Berlin in the so-called Zelimkhan Khangoshvili case, in which Russian government agencies were named implicated in the murder, “was a biased, politically motivated decision that seriously aggravates the already disproportionate Russian-German relations.” “This unfriendly act, including the expulsion of two Russian diplomats, of course, will not go unanswered. …
Last Wednesday, the High Court of Berlin sentenced a Russian to life in prison in the case of Khangoshvili’s murder. He sued the arguments of the prosecutor’s office that the murder was allegedly committed on behalf of the state structures of the Russian Federation. The German Foreign Ministry declared two employees of the Russian embassy persona non grata.
The Russian diplomatic service said that Moscow was disappointed with the decision of the German authorities to expel two of its diplomats and would give an adequate answer.