Russia introduced the expulsion of “greater than 20” German diplomats as a retaliatory measure.
Moscow:
The Russian international ministry spokeswoman on Saturday introduced the expulsion of “greater than 20” German diplomats as a retaliatory measure for “mass expulsion” of Russian embassy employees from Berlin.
Maria Zakharova advised state-run tv Zvezda that Moscow had determined to expel “greater than 20” diplomats.
Her assertion got here shortly after her ministry denounced “one other mass expulsion of workers of Russian diplomatic missions in Germany.”
The German international ministry mentioned it took notice of the Russian statements.
It advised AFP that “the Federal authorities and the Russian facet have been contact in latest weeks on personnel issues of their respective representations overseas.”
“Immediately’s flight is a part of that course of,” it mentioned, although with out particularly speaking about any expulsion.
Moscow accused Berlin of “persevering with to demonstratively destroy all the vary of Russia-Germany relations.”
“As a response to Berlin’s hostile actions, the Russian facet has determined to reflect the choice and expel German diplomats from Russia,” the international ministry mentioned.
Moscow may even restrict the utmost variety of workers in German diplomatic missions within the nation, and mentioned Germany’s ambassador Geza Andreas von Geyr was notified of the measures on April 5.
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