Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to Mongolia on April 14 attracted lots of public attention when he came out wearing blue jeans at the airport.
Many people wrote and discussed about this issue on social networks stating this action insults Mongolia. It's disrespectful for a diplomat to wear casual clothing on official visits.
In response to this Russian Ministery of Foreign Affairs made official statement about the 'blue jeans'.
"Russian delegations spent a night in a plane and planned to change clothes at the hotel before the official meeting took place" said Russian Ministery of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zaharova.
She also added "Wearing a costume after spending a night in a plane would have been strange. There is nothing about wearing specific clothes depending on the event. Therefore, we don't think we did anything improper. Delegations knew they had to change clothes at the hotel before the official meeting. And it's not necessary to look at Lavrov appearance from diplomatic aspect."
Maria Zaharova underlined "We didn't mean any disrespect by this."
Source: TVrain.ru
Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to Mongolia on April 14 attracted lots of public attention when he came out wearing blue jeans at the airport.
Many people wrote and discussed about this issue on social networks stating this action insults Mongolia. It's disrespectful for a diplomat to wear casual clothing on official visits.
In response to this Russian Ministery of Foreign Affairs made official statement about the 'blue jeans'.
"Russian delegations spent a night in a plane and planned to change clothes at the hotel before the official meeting took place" said Russian Ministery of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zaharova.
She also added "Wearing a costume after spending a night in a plane would have been strange. There is nothing about wearing specific clothes depending on the event. Therefore, we don't think we did anything improper. Delegations knew they had to change clothes at the hotel before the official meeting. And it's not necessary to look at Lavrov appearance from diplomatic aspect."
Maria Zaharova underlined "We didn't mean any disrespect by this."
Source: TVrain.ru