Russia Expels US Diplomats in Retaliatory Move
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has handed US Ambassador John Sullivan a list of American diplomats who were declared persona non grata.
The step was taken in response to expulsion of Russian diplomats from the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN in New York and a Russian employee of the UN secretariat, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Later, a US State Department spokesperson confirmed the matter.
“This is Russia’s latest unhelpful and unproductive step in our bilateral relationship. We call on the Russia government to end its unjustified expulsions of U.S. diplomats and staff,” said the spokesperson.
On Feb. 28, the US mission to the UN announced the expulsion of 12 Russian diplomats, accusing them of “espionage activities.”
Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia called the move “hostile,” and said it violates the commitments Washington took as the host of the UN headquarters in New York.
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