French Ambassador Nicolas de Riviere was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry after detention of a Russian diplomat at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova mentioned on Wednesday.
Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Zakharova mentioned the incident happened on April 6, when French border officers detained a Russian diplomat with out clarification, confiscating her pc and telephone.
The Russian Embassy in Paris issued a protest observe to the French Foreign Ministry, and in Moscow the Foreign Ministry protested with the French mission, she mentioned.
As a results of this demarche, our colleague was finally permitted to enter the nation. However, she was pressured to spend a whole day confined to the airport’s border space,” Zakharova mentioned.
The spokeswoman mentioned the diplomat had all the required documentation so as, together with a legitimate visa issued by the French authorities particularly for this business journey.
“What makes the situation particularly cynical is that the French side approved and issued the visa, but then proceeded to stage this entire shameful spectacle,” she added.
The spokeswoman additionally mentioned {that a} Russian consulate worker dispatched to the airport was denied entry to the detained diplomat for practically seven hours.
She warned the incident wouldn’t go unanswered and can have penalties.
Source: www.anews.com.tr