Russia on Friday said it announced 18 employees of European Union delegation in The country is persona non grata and must leave the country in What appears to be an act of revenge move.
Eighteen employees of The EU delegation in Russia has been declared persona non grata and will have to leave the territory of Russian Federation in The near future said the Russian Foreign Ministry in Declaration.
European Union on On April 5, 19 Russian diplomats were declared persona non grata for “Attractive in activities inconsistent with their diplomatic status” and ordered them to leave the host country Belgium.
The ministry said it had summoned Marcus Ederer, the European Union ambassador to Russia, to inform him of retaliatory actions.
The statement said that the European Union bears the responsibility for Continuous destruction of architecture of couple dialogue and cooperation “which took decades to create.”
Western countries have expelled dozens of Russian diplomats amid growing anger over Moscow military campaign in Pro-Western Ukraine and Russia have said they will respond to all such expulsions.
