Berlin [Germany]February 8 (ANI / Sputnik): Germany, Poland and Sweden expelled a Russian diplomat on Monday in response to last week’s expulsion of diplomats from Russia due to their participation in unauthorized meetings.
Last week, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that diplomats from Sweden, Poland and Germany who had attended unauthorized meetings in Russia were declared personae non gratae and would leave the country in the near future.
The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it had declared a staff member of the Russian Embassy in Berlin persona non grata in accordance with Article 9 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961.
“With this step, the German government responds to the decision of the Russian Federation on Friday, February 5, 2021. Russia expelled several EU diplomats, including an employee of the German Embassy in Moscow. This decision was in no way justified,” the German Foreign Ministry said in a statement. A statement.
The document states that the German diplomat deported from Russia “fulfilled his task provided for in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and was informed of events on the ground by legal means.” Poland has declared an employee of the Russian Consulate General in Poznan personally grata, said the country’s foreign ministry.
The expulsion of a Russian diplomat from Sweden was announced by Foreign Minister Ann Linde.
“We have informed the Russian ambassador that a person from the Russian embassy is being asked to leave Sweden. This is a clear response to the unacceptable decision to expel a Swedish diplomat who only negotiated his information,” she tweeted. (ANI / Sputnik)
Source: sn.dk