MOSCOW, October 13. /TASS/. Belgian ambassador to Moscow Michel Gerebtzoff was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday over the country’s authorities’ anti-Russian statements, the Foreign Ministry said.
"The Belgian diplomat was informed that the Russian side firmly rejects the unsubstantiated and increasingly frequent claims by the kingdom’s military and political leadership about mounting hybrid, sabotage, and direct military threats against Belgium and Europe allegedly originating from Russia," the ministry said.
Gerebtzoff was informed that "the overtly aggressive statements by certain representatives of the Belgian authorities, who deliberately cast Russia as an enemy, are contributing to further escalation and the risk of the confrontation they are fomenting spiraling out of control."
"The Belgian side is urged to consider the consequences of such statements and to ease the intensity of anti-Russian rhetoric, which is fueling rising tensions on the European continent.".