The Russian Foreign Ministry criticized Germany’s ambassador to Moscow, Count Alexander Lambsdorff, for speaking about victims of the military conflicts and calling for peace during a Christmas concert, DPA reported.
Count Lambsdorff spoke on Saturday to several hundred people at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Cathedral in Moscow. The ambassador said that “war is not inevitable” and paid tribute to those killed in Ukraine and the Middle East.
The diplomat’s words provoked a rebuke from the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova. “It is very unfortunate that the German ambassador forgot to thank his government for the regular supplies of weapons to the territory of the Ukrainian conflict,” Zakharova wrote last night in “Telegram”.
“He should be praying at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, not committing blasphemy,” the spokeswoman added.
Count Lambsdorff said the festive period was an occasion to remember the victims of wars, including in the Middle East and Ukraine, regardless of their nationality and religion.
“We know that war is not inevitable. People, nations and states can reach a solution to difficult issues peacefully if there is a will to do so,” said the German ambassador in Moscow. “We can and must find a peaceful solution together, regardless of all differences in interests and beliefs,” concluded Graf Lambsdorf, quoted by BTA.
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