Russia on Thursday denounced the UK’s “blasphemous” and “immoral” attitude towards it, after London decided not to invite a Russian representative to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday, amid diplomatic tensions between the two countries. .
“We consider this British attempt to use the national tragedy that has touched the hearts of millions of people around the world for geopolitical purposes to settle accounts with our country (…) as deeply immoral,” the foreign minister lamented in a press release. Russian. Maria Zakharov.
“This is particularly blasphemous to the memory of Elizabeth II,” he added.
The spokeswoman for Russian diplomacy deplored that the United Kingdom is using, according to her, the Russian offensive in Ukraine as a “pretext” for not inviting a Russian leader to Elizabeth II’s funeral in London on Monday, September 19.
“British elites side with the Nazis”
Symbolizing its pariah status now in the West, Russia – along with its Belarusian ally, as well as Burma and North Korea – were not invited to the funeral of the queen who died last Thursday at the age of 96.
“From now on, the British elites are on the side of the Nazis,” Maria Zakharova lashed out, referring to the significant military and financial support that London brought to Kyiv against Russian military intervention.
Elizabeth II’s funeral at Westminster Abbey next week is a major diplomatic event and more than 100 crowned heads, heads of state and others are expected.
Russia’s absence testifies to the very tense diplomatic relations between Moscow and London for several years, from the Skripal affair in 2018 to the conflict in Ukraine.
Source: BFM TV
