Moscow vows to respond to Iceland's decision to close embassy

Iceland's decision to close its embassy in Moscow "ruins" bilateral relations and cooperation and Russia is committed to respond to this move, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced today.

Iceland announced yesterday that it is closing on indefinitely its embassy in Moscow due to the current situation related to the war in Ukraine. The small Scandinavian country is the first to take such a step since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reykjavik said operations would be suspended from August 1 due to the "historically low" level in trade, cultural and political relations between the countries, adding that the Icelandic government has asked Moscow to limit its diplomatic activities in Reykjavik.

“The decision taken by the Icelandic authorities to downgrade the level of diplomatic relations with Russia destroys the entire spectrum of Russian-Icelandic cooperation,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said. "We will take this unfriendly decision into account when building our relations with Iceland in the future. Any anti-Russian actions by Reykjavik will inevitably lead to a response, the statement added.

Iceland's Foreign Minister Thordis Gylfandottir, justifying the decision, said yesterday that "the current situation simply does not allow the small diplomatic delegation of (Reykjavik) to operate in Russia».

In the Russian capital, the flag of the Icelandic embassy was symbolically lowered on Friday afternoon, AFP journalists reported.

When the decision was announced. Iceland said that diplomatic relations between the two countries were not interrupted and that the embassy would reopen once relations were normalized.

Source: APE-MPE

Source: www.sigmalive.com

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