Work to compile the list of unfriendly countries, which will be prohibited from hiring Russian citizens to work in their diplomatic missions, will not last long; the list will appear soon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
"The list is being compiled. I would not like to get ahead of events. That will not last long, it will appear soon, and you will learn everything," he said when asked which countries could be added to that list.
"As you remember, the reason for that step was irrational actions by some of our partners in relation to the work of Russia’s diplomatic missions on their territory," the diplomat noted.
"We drew attention to the fact that, if someone wants to establish parity, that parity will also apply to hiring Russian individuals and citizens of third countries in our country, since there is no parity whatsoever as regards this aspect. We have no such practice," TASS cited Lavrov as saying.
