Thai Foreign Ministry: representatives of five countries left the APEC hall during Reshetnikov's speech

“Yes, I can confirm that this is true,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

Representatives from Japan, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand left the meeting room, according to the Thai Foreign Ministry.

Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on the air of the Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov program, said that Russia would not leave unanswered all boorish or illegal steps on the part of Western countries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Western sanctions are fueling a global crisis.