KYIV. UkraineGate . 5 . October .2022 | Political News
. The Russian ambassador was summoned to the Kazakhstani Foreign Ministry over “unacceptable statements” by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova about the return of Ukrainian Ambassador Petro Vrublevskyi to Astana.
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“Regarding the comment of the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, regarding the expulsion of the Ukrainian ambassador from Kazakhstan, I would like to note that the tone of her statement dissonates with the nature of the allied relations between Kazakhstan and Russia as equal strategic partners,” said Kazakhstani Foreign Ministry spokesman Aybek Smadiyarov.
He added, commenting on Zakharova’s words about Wróblewski’s “criminal liability”: “We also cannot understand what criminal liability the Russian Foreign Ministry is talking about, since ukraine’s ambassador to Kazakhstan, according to the Vienna Convention, has diplomatic immunity.”
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He said the foreign ministry would call Russian Ambassador Alexei Borodavkin for a conversation today, October 5. The question of who will hold a meeting with him is currently being resolved.
In addition, During the briefing, Smadiyarov noted that Ukraine had sent a request to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan to replace Petro Vrublevskyi in office. According to him, the candidacy of the new ambassador is now being considered, so far they cannot voice it.
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the Russians oppose Wróblewski’s return to office because in an interview in August this year he said, “The more we kill the Russians now, the less our children will have to be killed.”
Yesterday, October 4, Ambassador of Kazakhstan Yermek Kosherbayev was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with the return of Ukrainian Ambassador Petro Vrublevskyi to Astana.
The speaker of the Russian ministry, in particular, called the Ambassador of Ukraine to Kazakhstan “Bandera emissary”.
Source: Ukrgate
