Russian Foreign Ministry summons Swiss ambassador over asset confiscation decision
Kyiv • UNN
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Swiss Ambassador Christina Marti Lang and protested to her over the decision of the Swiss parliament on the mechanism of confiscation of Russian assets.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has summoned Swiss Ambassador Christina Marty Lang and announced a demarche in connection with the decision of the country's parliament to confiscate Russian assets. This is stated in a statement on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry, UNN reports .
Details
It is noted that the Swiss parliament has decided to start developing the legal basis for a mechanism to confiscate Russian assets located in the country.
The Russian side strongly condemns this step by the Swiss authorities, which grossly violates the fundamental principles and norms of international law on state immunity,
The Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that any encroachment on Russian property would be considered theft at the state level. If this initiative is implemented, Moscow will take retaliatory measures.
Recall
Switzerland is considering the possibility of using frozen Russian state assets worth more than $8 billion to finance war reparations to Ukraine for Russia's violations of international law.
