Zakharova confirmed that she refused to shake hands with the German Ambassador Lambsdorff

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed information that she refused to shake hands with German Ambassador Alexander Graf Lambsdorff.

In a comment to the agency Lenta.ru A spokeswoman for the diplomatic department recalled that the incident occurred on July 3. Earlier, this was announced by Lambsdorff himself in an interview with Der Spiegel magazine.

Yes, it is," Zakharova said.

Her demonstrative gesture was of a protocol nature, it followed when the head of the German diplomatic mission was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. The German ambassador described the general atmosphere at such events with the participation of Russian officials as "rather cold."

"Moreover, the protocol is, among other things, the designation of a position. With my gesture, I indicated my position on open Russophobia," the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry explained.

Recall that Lambsdorff held the post of German Ambassador to Starting in 2023, his new appointment was the post of Ambassador to Israel. Former Ambassador of the country to China, Japan and Mexico Clemens von Goetze has been appointed in his place.

As reported by EADaily, earlier Maria Zakharova commented on the departure from Russian Ambassador of Germany Alexander Lambsdorf quote from "The Master and Margarita".