综合一区欧美国产,99国产麻豆免费精品,九九精品黄色录像,亚洲激情青青草,久久亚洲熟妇熟,中文字幕av在线播放,国产一区二区卡,九九久久国产精品,久久精品视频免费

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Europe

Moscow to cut US diplomatic personnel in Russia by 755 people: Putin

Xinhua | Updated: 2017-07-31 09:12
Share
Share - WeChat

File photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference after the G20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, July 8, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]

MOSCOW - Moscow will reduce diplomatic staff of the United States in Russia by 755 people in order to equal the number of Russian diplomatic personnel in the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday.

"The personnel of the US diplomatic missions in Russia will be cut by 755 people and will now equal the number of the Russian diplomatic personnel in the United States, 455 people on each side," Putin said in an interview broadcast with Russia's Rossiya TV channel.

Denouncing the latest "unlawful" move by Washington to tighten sanctions against Russia, Putin said it is time for Moscow to show that "we will not leave anything unanswered."

"We've been waiting for quite a long time that maybe something would change for the better, we had hopes that the situation would change. But it looks like it's not going to change in the near future," Putin said.

On Thursday, the US Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill slapping tougher sanctions on Russia, two days after the bill was approved by the US House of Representatives.

The bill will be sent to the White House for President Donald Trump to sign into law or veto.

Putin said Russia has prepared a large set of measures to respond to the US when it is necessary, including restrictions in "sensitive" areas of cooperation with the latter, which hopefully would not bse affected for the moment.

"We could imagine, theoretically, that one day a moment would come when the damage of attempts to put pressure on Russia will be comparable to the negative consequences of certain limitations of our cooperation. If that moment ever comes, we could discuss other response options. But I hope it will not come to that. As of today, I am against it," Putin said.

According to the president, the above-mentioned areas mostly include the joint fight against terrorism, obligations in nuclear arms control and space projects rather than economic relations, Putin said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that it would scale down US diplomatic staff in Russia to 455 people and seize a US warehouse and a recreational compound in Moscow.

It added that Russia reserves the right to give an adequate response if Washington takes further hostile measures.

 

 

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1994 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
洛隆县| 武平县| 涿鹿县| 莒南县| 恩平市| 承德市| 武安市| 宁城县| 麟游县| 建平县| 兰坪| 惠水县| 平和县| 瑞安市| 绥化市| 安岳县| 咸宁市| 金湖县| 武陟县| 遂宁市| 盐亭县| 清徐县| 松潘县| 无极县| 北海市| 寿光市| 宣恩县| 仪陇县| 甘洛县| 天台县| 乾安县| 新竹县| 泸定县| 怀宁县| 惠东县| 沂南县| 黄大仙区| 黑龙江省| 太白县| 明溪县| 泽库县|