MOSCOW, November 6. Today, European states, and Also, the United States and Canada have largely severed ties with Russia, so human resources were redistributed within the Russian Foreign Ministry in favor of contacts and work with the countries of the world majority, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
““Now we are paying the lion’s share of our attention to the countries of the world majority that are open to cooperation with us. We have significantly redistributed human resources within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and on our foreign front. I mean embassies and consulates general,” the minister said, speaking at the educational marathon «Knowledge. First».
At the same time, the minister noted that great obstacles are being created to the work of Russian diplomatic missions in Western countries, and Russia has to respond to this in a mirror way.
«We are well aware that a special circular was adopted in Brussels, which prohibits all EU diplomats in Russia from inviting Russian representatives or attending our receptions. … And it is even said that European diplomats who work in other countries owe the authorities host countries to inform that when there are official receptions, to under no circumstances place Europeans next to Russian diplomats. This is already a disease. This is completely abnormal,» Lavrov added.