Russia slams US seizure of its diplomatic property

MOSCOW, Sept 3 (KUNA) -- The Russian Foreign Ministry dismisses the seizure of the Russian diplomatic property in the US a clearly hostile act and major violation of the international law.
"We consider this situation as a clearly hostile act, as Washington grave violation of the international law, including the Vienna Convention on Diplomacy and Consular Relations, the bilateral Consular Convention," the Foreign Ministry said in a press statement Sunday.
It called on the US authorities to return immediately the diplomatic property (buildings of the Consulate General in San Francisco, trade representations in Washington and New York).
"We are calling on the American authorities to think better of it and to return immediately the Russian diplomatic facilities. Otherwise, the US will bear the entire responsibility for the continuing degradation of the relations between the countries, on which depend a lot the global stability and international security," it warned. (end) os.ibi