In Belgium, the Russian unblocked part of the accounts of diplomatic missions – RBC

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Account Russian diplomatic missions, which were located in the bank ING, unlocked. This Belgian news agency Belga said Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders.

Earlier, Reynders said Belgium government plans to achieve a legislative ban on the arrest of accounts of foreign diplomatic missions. According to him, he has for some time find out from the Minister of Justice, it is possible to change the legal system and prescribe a ban on the arrest of the accounts that are used to functioning embassies. “We will try in the coming days to appeal to the parliament with such changes. We’re working on it “- he said the television channel RTBF (quoted by Interfax).

June 17, it became known that Belgian bailiffs seized the Russian state assets, which are in Belgium. A similar situation exists in France. As it turned out, the arrests are connected with the decision of the Hague arbitration, according to which Russia is obliged to pay the former owners of Yukos’s $ 50 billion, of which € 1,6 млрд – claims “Yukos Universal Limited».

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the actions of the Belgian authorities’ violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. “I do not rule out that it is dated specially for the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. I’m not a conspiracy. But even if it’s a coincidence, of course, it works against those who want to normal, without any artificial obstacles to work in the Russian Federation “, – he said in an interview with the head of RBC Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Lavrov promised that Russia will respond to these actions and the response will be based on the principles of reciprocity. The situation with the distraint commented prominent politicians and businessmen. The head of the Kremlin administration, Sergei Ivanov promised to Belgium “quick response.” According to him, acting retaliation “can and should be.” President Vladimir Putin said that Russia does not recognize the jurisdiction of the Hague tribunal, so Moscow will protect its interests in court “within a civilized legal process.”