Ryabkov said that Russia and the United States need to end diplomatic wars

He called the situation "unthinkable" when the Russian consulate in San Francisco was closed and diplomats from Russia were given 24 hours to leave.

“I hate these diplomatic wars.

I am very sympathetic to the American employees who were given only 24 hours to leave St. Petersburg, but we could not answer otherwise.

I'm sorry, but it wasn't our choice.

We must stop this at some point, "RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Earlier Ryabkov suggested that the United States send diplomatic staff to Moscow so that "at least consular services are provided in a more or less normal volume."