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Russia criticizes Iceland for 'destroying' bilateral relations

2023-06-10 13:59:08, Kosova & Bota CNA
Russia criticizes Iceland for 'destroying' bilateral relations
Photo from a protest in the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik, against the Russian occupation of Ukraine.

Photo from a protest in the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik, against the Russian occupation of Ukraine.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry said Iceland's decision to suspend embassy activities in Moscow "destroys" bilateral cooperation.

Iceland said on Friday that activities would be suspended from August 1 due to a "low" level of trade, cultural and political relations between the countries, adding that it had asked Russia to scale back its diplomatic activities in the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik.

"The decision taken by the Icelandic authorities to lower the level of diplomatic relations with Russia destroys the entire range of Russian-Icelandic cooperation," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

"We will take this unfriendly decision into account when building our ties with Iceland in the future. All anti-Russian actions of Reykjavik will inevitably be followed by a corresponding reaction," the statement continued.

When announcing its decision, Iceland said that diplomatic relations had not been severed and that the embassy would reopen as soon as relations were normalized./ REL

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