Norway’s ambassador to Russia, Robert Kvile, was summoned to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday after an argument about a wreath in Kirkenes.
It is the Russian embassy in Norway that reports this in a statement on Facebook.
NTB has asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to comment on the matter, but has so far received no comment.
The row arose after the Russian Consul General, Nikolaj Konygin, defied calls not to hold a commemoration at the Liberation Monument on the 79th anniversary of the Soviet liberation of the Norwegian border town.
He also laid a Russian wreath over Sør-Varanger municipality’s wreath.
According to NRK mayor Magnus Mæland (H) is said to have been enraged by the wreath stunt, and chose to move the Russian wreath away.
– It is an example of Russophobia, lack of respect and denigration of the memory of liberation soldiers. It appears that not only memory, but also conscience has been lost, writes the Russian Embassy in Norway in its statement.
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Published: 27.10.23 at 23:14
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