Zakharova explained why blacklister Nuland was allowed to visit Russia
Permission to cross the Russian border for blacklisted US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, who was planning a working visit to Moscow , was granted on an equal basis with Washington.
Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated this on the Rossiya 1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“We are once again making a gesture of goodwill. That is, despite the fact that Nuland is on the sanctions list, we are nevertheless ready to listen to her,” said journalist and TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov.
“It was their desire, she was indeed on the sanctions list, this presupposes that a person cannot cross the border. They included Russian international representatives in their sanctions lists, so in this case this issue was resolved on an equal footing. Yes, she will be in the Russian Federation,” Zakharova replied.
“Parity – does that mean they took it from one of ours?” - Solovyov clarified.
"Yes, sure. Have you ever doubted domestic diplomacy? It seems to me that our Western partners should analyze this approach, including in this direction, and understand that we can respond with a negative to a negative, we can respond with a positive to a positive, and we always make a choice in favor of the second,” the representative said Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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