Mass dispatch of Russian diplomats to the homeland will have the most unpleasant consequences for the West. Such a promise was given by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. "We will answer, do not doubt," the foreign minister said after a meeting with the president of Afghanistan.

Lavrov called the behavior of the United States, Canada and the EU countries "rudeness", reports RT. According to the minister, the United States initiated the expulsion of diplomats. They pressed other countries to follow their example. "When one or two diplomats, whispering in our ear of apology, are asked to leave this or that country, we know for certain that this is the result of colossal pressure, of colossal blackmail, which, unfortunately, is now the main instrument of Washington in the international arena ", the official said.. The White House does not hide that it was conducting "explanatory work" with other states,. "It was a coordinated action.

The President (Donald Trump) discussed this with many foreign leaders - our European allies - and called on them to join the US in the announcement (on the expulsion of diplomats), "said Deputy Press Secretary of the presidential administration Raj Shah. Former spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, announced earlier responses to the deportation of our embassy employees. "For all that we saw today, of course, there will be an answer. For each country, the appropriate measures will be taken: both on the expulsion of diplomats and on the closure of the Russian Consulate General in the United States, particularly in Seattle, "she said on the air of the Rossiya 1 channel,. In addition, a statement on the expulsion of diplomats was published on the Foreign Ministry's website. This step is considered by Russia "as an unfriendly and inadequate task and finding reasons for and finding the perpetrators" in the poisoning of ex-colonel GRU Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia in Salisbury. "The provocative gesture of the notorious solidarity with London of these countries, which the British authorities went through in the case of the Skrypals and did not bother to understand the circumstances of the incident, is a continuation of the confrontational line to escalate the situation.

It goes without saying that this unfriendly step of this group of countries will not pass without a trace and we will react to it, "the press service of the Foreign Ministry noted.. March 26 The United States, Canada and a number of European countries announced the expulsion of more than 100 Russian diplomats. Most of the embassy employees - 60 - will send the United States. In addition, the authorities decided to close the Russian consulate in Seattle. The reason for this step was accusations of involvement of our country in the poisoning of the Violins. In Russia these attacks are considered groundless.