WASHINGTON Feb 14An unidentified person drew a swastika on the protected access section of the US Embassy in Bulgaria, the State Department condemned the appearance of the symbol in the diplomatic mission, the Axios portal reports, citing sources. According to him, the image was discovered on January 28 — the day after International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Someone drew the swastika in purple ink on a curtain in one of the embassy rooms. This room belongs to the specially protected part of the embassy, which, according to sources, indicates that the person who drew the swastika had access to the inside of the diplomatic mission. >In New York, a vandal drew a swastika on the «Charging Bull» from Wall StreetAccording to the publication, the news of the discovery of the swastika spread in government circles on Friday, after the embassy in Sofia sent a diplomatic cable describing the incident.
"The Department takes this matter very seriously. We unreservedly condemn any form of hate or prejudice in the workplace, which seems to be the case here. It's a disgusting symbol that stands for everything our agency opposes,» State Department spokesman Ned Price told the portal.
He stressed that the State Department is committed to doing everything possible to be «hospitable, inclusive and free from bias.» department. This is not the first story with the swastika and American departments in recent times. At the end of July, a scribbled swastika was found on the wall of an elevator in the building of the US State Department, next to the office of the Special Representative of the State Department to Combat Anti-Semitism. Then the investigation began. US President Joe Biden, commenting on this news, stated that anti-Semitism has no place anywhere in the world, including in the US administration. cemetery in Vilnius painted a swastika