Russia’s foreign ministry says it will summon the Israeli ambassador over “unacceptable comments” she made in an interview, according to the TASS news agency.
Simona Halperin, according to the ministry, misrepresented Russia’s foreign policy stance in an interview with Russia’s Kommersant daily that was published on Sunday.
In the interview, Halperin criticised Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for playing down the importance of the Holocaust and said Russia was being too friendly with Hamas.
The ministry described her comments as “an extremely unsuccessful start” to her diplomatic posting, which began in December.
Source: AlJazeera