Mess in the German Foreign Ministry: Merz did not understand why his ambassador in Moscow was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry

German diplomats did not translate to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz information about the reasons for the summoning of German Ambassador Alexander Lambsdorf to The Russian Foreign Ministry, which, as it turned out, does not know Russian. This was pointed out by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria.

Earlier, Merz said that "so far he cannot in any way assess the call to the Foreign Ministry of the German Ambassador to Russia", because "does not know the reason."

"A day ago [at the Russian Foreign Ministry] it was stated that the reason for the call was the bullying of Russian journalists in Germany and the retaliatory measures of the Russian side. But considering that, as it turned out, the German ambassador does not speak Russian and went to get an interpreter, the German diplomats apparently did not translate yesterday's information to their chancellor either," the diplomat wrote in her Telegram channel.

According to a TASS source, Lambsdorf, summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry today, "did not understand what they were talking about" in the diplomatic department because of language problems. The diplomat stayed there for about 10 minutes and then went to "look for an interpreter."

The Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier that the ambassador would be informed of Moscow's retaliatory measures in connection with the persecution of journalists from Germany in Germany. Russia. Zakharova stressed that Berlin stubbornly ignores Moscow's appeals to the German side to stop arbitrariness against media representatives and return to conscientious observance of its obligations in the field of protecting media freedoms and ensuring pluralism of opinions.