The Russian embassy in Paris sent a note of protest to the French Foreign Ministry in connection with the overflight of the territory of the Russian diplomatic mission by a French helicopter. The embassy said that the incident occurred a few weeks ago.

It is noted that the protest is connected with the actions of the US diplomatic mission, which disrupted the visa clearance of media representatives from the journalistic pool of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Earlier it became known that the senior diplomat of the U.S. Embassy was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, he was handed a notice of protest.