Russia summoned the U.S. ambassador to Moscow on Wednesday to protest against air strikes on Baghdad that it said had endangered the safety of its diplomats in the Russian embassy. "The Russian side demanded that American authorities take urgent and exhaustive measures to prevent such dangerous and unacceptable incidents in the future," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement after envoy Alexander Vershbow had been summoned. Referring to Wednesday's air strikes on a residential area near the Russian embassy, the statement said: "The safety of personnel of the Russian diplomatic representation was in immediate danger. "A U.S. embassy spokesman said the ambassador had explained that the air strikes on Baghdad used precision-guided weapons and were directed only at Iraqi military targets.
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