Iceland closes its embassy in Moscow

The Embassy of Iceland in Moscow stopped working on August 1, Report informs via the Russian media.

All information signs on the embassy building in Khlebny Lane have been dismantled, and the flag of the country has been removed from the flagpole.

According to the employees of the diplomatic mission, the building was emptied three days ago.

On June 9, a message appeared on the website of the Icelandic government that Iceland demanded that Russia restrict the activities of its embassy in Reykjavik and lower the level of diplomatic representation. According to the statement, Icelandic Foreign Minister Thordis Kolbrun Reykfjord Gylfadottir also decided to suspend the embassy in Moscow from August 1.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Iceland's decision to lower the level of diplomatic relations with Russia destroys the entire Russian-Icelandic cooperation.