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Russian Foreign Ministry building. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 22Moscow regrets the decision to suspend Russia's status as an observer to the Organization of American States, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. under the Organization of American States (OAS). The reason is the situation around Ukraine. We regret this decision,» the statement reads.The ambassador to the United States condemned the suspension of Russia's status as an observer in the OAS. The purpose of this document, promoted by the NATO countries of the OAS — the United States and Canada, is to involve the states of Latin America in their anti-Russian «fuss», to sow discord with Russia, relations with which historically characterized by ties of friendship, mutually respectful dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation, the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed. «We know that the states of Latin America and the Caribbean have been subjected to unprecedented pressure,» arm-twisting. «Unwillingness to hear the truth about the real state of affairs and fear that such information could influence on the results of the vote, prompted the organizers of the action not to give the floor to our permanent observer to the OAS, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov,» the Russian ministry added. It is also noted that the decision regarding Russia was not supported by the leading Latin American states: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and also Bolivia, Honduras, El Salvador and the Caribbean e countries: Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Earlier, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov called this decision a serious mistake. The official representative of the President of Argentina, Gabriela Serruti, said earlier that Buenos Aires does not consider it right to suspend Russia's status as an observer in The Organization of American States, and is also not going to initiate the exclusion of the country from the G20.