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"Such actions would be a blatant disregard of the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations and of the rules of international law of the past four centuries."
"It would be a dangerous precedent because it would open the door to the violation of embassies as a declared sovereign space."
UK officials softened their position. They said they're "committed to reaching a mutually acceptable decision."
Britain knows but didn't say that embassies are sovereign territory. Forced entry violates international law. Under Article 22(1) of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations :
"The premises of the mission shall be inviolable. The agents of the receiving State may not enter them, except with the consent of the head of the mission."Article 22(3) states:
"The premises of the mission, their furnishings and other property thereon and the means of transport of the mission shall be immune from search, requisition, attachment or execution."
Article 29 adds:
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