China News Service, Moscow, August 29 (Reporter Wang Xiujun) On the 28th, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a message on its website that a senior diplomat from the Norwegian Embassy in Russia was declared unwelcome.
According to sources, this move is in response to Norway’s announcement on the 18th to expel a Russian diplomat in Norway. The qualification for registration of the Norwegian diplomat in Russia will expire within 3 days. This time is the time limit for the departure of Russian diplomats from Norway.
The news stated that the destructive route pursued by the Norwegian government inevitably has a negative impact on Russian-Norwegian relations, and the consequences should be borne by the Norwegian side.
According to RIA Novosti news, the Norwegian side responded to this, saying that the Russian side's move had no basis. The senior diplomat did not violate any regulations.
Earlier, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Norwegian police had arrested a Norwegian citizen suspected of espionage in the Norwegian capital Oslo, who was accused of illegally providing information to Russian diplomats. In the context of this incident, the Norwegian authorities decided to expel a Russian diplomat and asked him to leave the country within 72 hours.
In response, the Russian Embassy in Norway announced that on August 15 the deputy representative of the embassy in charge of trade affairs was detained by the Norwegian police for no reason while meeting with a Norwegian citizen. The deputy representative was searched and did not obtain any contact Opportunity to contact or invite Russian consular officials to be present. The Russian side has protested to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the violation of the rights of diplomats. (Finish)