Permanent mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations commented on the decision of the medical examiner of new York city not to disclose the cause of death of the Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.

The Russian Embassy said that the decision is fully consistent with the principles of diplomatic immunity, reports “Russian Dialogue” with reference to RIA “Novosti”.

Permanent mission of the Russian Federation has described the statement of the legal Department of the city of new York as fully consistent with the principles of the inviolability of private life.

Recall that the medical examiner of new York made the decision to keep secret the cause of death of the Russian Ambassador to the UN. In the statement it was said that diplomatic immunity Vitaly Churkin continues after his death .

Earlier official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova sharply reacted to publications in the American mass media on the causes of death Churkin.

Zakharova described these messages as a dirty provocation.