The Diplomat
The ambassador of the Russian Federation in Spain, Yuri Klimenko, yesterday thanked the “words of solidarity” expressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, after the terrorist attack in Moscow that caused the death of 133 people and injured more. of a hundred.
Klimenko expressed his dismay at the attack on the Russia in Spain account of the social network X and assured that “those guilty will never escape justice.” After adding that “the hearts and thoughts of all Russian compatriots are with the families of the deceased and injured,” he thanked the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs “for their words of solidarity.”
The ambassador was referring to the first words of condemnation from Albares, who yesterday wrote again on the same social network: “We firmly condemn the terrorist attack in Moscow. Nothing can justify or explain barbarism and the murder of innocent people. “Our thoughts and solidarity are with the victims, the injured, their families and with the Russian people.”
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told The Diplomat that there had been no conversation between Albares and his Russian colleague, Seguei Lavrov, nor with the ambassador.
Until eleven o’clock yesterday night, more than 24 hours after the attack was perpetrated, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, had not transmitted any message of condemnation or solidarity with the victims of the attack. Several European heads of State or Government, such as the Frenchman, Emmanuel Macron; German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz; the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni or the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, had done so. Most Europeans chose to express their condemnation in messages from their Foreign Ministries. The North American Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, also did so, as did the Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, and the High Representative for Foreign Policy of the EU, Josep Borrell.
There was also no news at that time that the president of the PP, Alberto Náñez Feijóo, had expressed his condemnation of the attack, for which the Islamic State has claimed responsibility.
