10 Oct 2013 16:16

Russia expects Netherlands to explain incident with Russian diplomat before end of this week

MOSCOW. Oct 10 (Interfax) - Russia is hoping that the Netherlands will explain the incident with Dmitry Borodin, minister counselor of the Russian Embassy in The Hague, before the end of this week.

"We expect our Dutch colleagues to provide detailed explanations of what has occurred and we will expect them to arrive in the form of an official note stating the Dutch authorities' explanations and theories in the nearest future. We would very much like to hope that it will happen before the end of this week," Russian Foreign Minister Alexander Lukashevich told a briefing in Moscow.