Moscow - Russian ambassadors withdrawn from Washington and London in protest at Anglo-US airstrikes against Iraq will return to their posts in a day or two, news agencies reported yesterday. Russia's long-serving Ambassador to US, Mr Yuli Vorontsov, and his counterpart in London, Mr Yury Fokin, were recalled for consultations last week at the height of the Iraq crisis.
However, citing highly-placed foreign ministry sources, the Interfax news agency said the two envoys would return to their posts in the next "one to two days". It did not elaborate.
Russia had vehemently opposed had never before pulled out its ambassador from Washington.