Interfax: Lavrov accuses Ukrainian interior minister of connivance with extremists

MINSK. June 16 (Interfax) – The behavior exhibited by Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov in the rampage in front of the Russian Embassy in Kyiv was an act of connivance with the actions of extremists, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

“Instead of ordering the police, policemen, to stop the act of vandalism against our Embassy, the interior minister made a comment, which said that the [action] was certainly not good but the people were indignant,” Lavrov told a press conference in Minsk.

“In my opinion, this is not an interior minister but a person conniving in riots and open demonstrations of extremism, moreover with Nazi symbols,” the minister noted.

Lavrov also promised to build up the security at the Russian Embassy.

“But I would like to emphasize, as we have mentioned in our note to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, the Convention on Diplomatic Relations put the main responsibility for the security of diplomatic missions on the country of stay,” the minister added.