Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Moscow presented to the Greek embassy its assessment of the current situation in relations between the two countries, denouncing the decisions recently taken by Athens against Moscow and its disregard for the rules of diplomatic communication with Moscow.
Russian diplomacy stressed, in response to a question related to Greece’s Independence Day, “Athens continues to make criminal decisions, in particular, regarding sending weapons to Ukraine, which the Kiev regime uses to exterminate the civilian population, including Greeks living in the Azov region.”
“It has come to the point that the Greek Embassy in Moscow, among other diplomatic missions of European Union countries, has ignored the rules of diplomatic communication and ignored an invitation to speak with the leadership of the Russian Foreign Ministry,” Zakharova said.
Zakharova added: “On March 25, our thoughts and assessments on the state of relations between the two countries were conveyed directly to the Greek Embassy, and it is unfortunate that instead of the friendly congratulations that were once appropriate on the occasion of the National Day, we have to remind Athens of the essential date on this day.” “.
Zakharova noted that the leaders of Greece since its founding: “They praised the decisive role of Russian arms and diplomacy in the victory of the Greek Revolution of 1821, honored the memory of our lovers, and carefully preserved the pages of the glorious common past of the two countries. But the current situation has witnessed strange transformations, which cannot be further explained because their basis “Shaky is a very questionable political circumstance.”
She continued, saying, “The absence of Russian representatives from the traditional celebrations on the occasion of the country’s Independence Day, based on instructions from the leadership of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is only one element of a frenzied hostile campaign.”