Russian Ambassador to Austria Dmitry Lyubinsky. File photoVIENNA, 29 Apr. Russian Ambassador Dmitry Lyubinsky on Friday announced another withdrawal of the invitation to Russian diplomats to an event in Austria. On April 19, the Russian Embassy in Austria received a notification from the chairman and president of the Mauthausen International Committees with » urgent recommendation» personally to the Russian Ambassador and other embassy employees to refrain from participating in traditional official events on the occasion of the next anniversary of the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp, which will be held on May 15 this year.» The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Austria on the issues of memorial work on the improvement of military graves. I am regretfully informed about the withdrawal of the invitation to the meeting of the board of trustees of this NGO on May 20,» Lyubinsky said in a statement circulated on the embassy's Telegram channel. He notes that the reason is EU sanctions, followed by Austria, prescribing a similar procedure for representatives of Russia. «The point, of course, is not in this particular event. It would be fundamentally interesting to understand what specific references to the anti-Russian sanctions regime of the European Union the functionaries of the Austrian government back up their «recommendations» regarding Russia to public organizations — our close partners in the field of military memorial cooperation?» the ambassador noted.
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