Russian Foreign Ministry building. File photoMOSCOW, Sep 2Attempts to dramatize the situation around the Jewish agency Sokhnut and project it onto the entire range of relations between Russia and Israel are counterproductive, Alexander Kinshchak, director of the Middle East and North Africa Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with RIA Novosti. In this regard, we consider it unjustified and counterproductive to try to dramatize this situation and project it onto the whole range of multifaceted Russian-Israeli relations, which are traditionally friendly,» Kinshchak said.
Seven terrorist suspects were detained in Israel. «I assure you that we are committed to their further progressive development,» he added. The lawsuit to liquidate the agency's representative office in Russia was registered by the Moscow Basmanny Court in mid-July. On July 11, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation reported that from May 30 to June 27 it checked the documents of Sokhnut, but did not disclose the results of the check. Earlier, the media wrote that the Russian authorities sent a request to the Jewish agency to suspend its activities in the Russian Federation. The organization itself denied the information about the termination of work in Russia. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stated that the issue with the Sokhnut agency in the Russian Federation lies in the legal plane, according to her, Moscow regrets the unconstructive position of Israel in recent months towards Russia. Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, in turn, noted that relations with Russia are important for Israel, the closure of the offices of the Sokhnut agency will be a serious event and will affect interaction with Moscow.Read the full text of Alexander Kinshchak's interview >>
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