China News Agency, Berlin, February 8 (Reporter Peng Dawei) The German Foreign Ministry stated on the 8th that as a response to Russia’s expulsion of diplomats from the European Union, including a German diplomat, on the 5th of this month, it had decided to expel it on the same day. A diplomat at the Russian Embassy in Germany declared him an "unwelcome person."
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on the 5th that three diplomats from Germany, Poland and Sweden had violated the "Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations" for participating in illegal demonstrations in support of the Russian opposition activist Navalny and were regarded by Russia as " Unwelcome people", ordered them to leave the country recently.
The German Foreign Ministry’s official website published a statement from its spokesperson on the 8th, stating that Russia’s decision to expel several EU diplomats, including a member of the German embassy, was “unjustified”.
The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that what the expelled German diplomat did was “only to perform his duties in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and observe developments in Russia in a legal manner”.
The German Foreign Ministry also stated that its decision to expel a Russian diplomat was based on Article 9 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
According to a German TV station, on the same day, Poland and Sweden each announced the expulsion of a Russian diplomat stationed in their country.
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