MOSCOW, December 2 (Itar-Tass) — Russian Foreign Ministry has made a resolute protest to the Qatari ambassador in Moscow over the instance of an inadmissible physical impact on the Russian ambassador in Qatar during the reception of diplomatic mail.

“November 29, an incident occurred in the airport of the Qatari capital Doha during the delivery of diplomatic mail when an attempt was made to exert physical impact on Russia’s ambassador and the staff members of the Russian embassy who had come to the airport to meet and greet him,” a source at the Foreign Ministry said.