Russia tells U.S. relations at risk if it is branded terrorism sponsor -Tass

(Reuters) -Russia has advised america that diplomatic ties can be badly broken and will even be damaged off if Russia is said a “state sponsor of terrorism”, Tass cited a high official as saying on Friday.

Alexander Darchiyev, head of the North American division on the Russian Overseas Ministry, mentioned if the U.S. Senate went via with plans to single out Russia, this could imply Washington had crossed the purpose of no return, Tass mentioned.

Final month two U.S. senators searching for to go a legislation designating Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism visited Kyiv to debate the invoice with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Darchiyev mentioned if this handed, it could trigger “essentially the most severe collateral harm for bilateral diplomatic relations, to the purpose of downgrading and even breaking them off,” Tass quoted him as saying.

“The American facet has been warned,” he added.

Latvia’s parliament on Thursday designated Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism over the conflict in Ukraine and known as on Western allies to impose extra complete sanctions on Moscow.

(Reporting by David Ljunggren and Ronald Popeski;Enhancing by Leslie Adler and Grant McCool)