Zmeevsky was invited to the Czech Foreign Ministry to discuss the situation with the expulsion of diplomats.

He did not answer the questions of journalists present near the building of the Czech Foreign Ministry.

Earlier, Czech Prime Minister Andrei Babis said that the new head of the Czech Foreign Ministry, who will be appointed on April 21, will meet with the Russian ambassador on the same day.

On April 17, the Czech Republic notified Russia of the expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats.

In response, Moscow declared 20 employees of the Czech Embassy persona non grata and ordered them to leave Russia on April 19 before the end of the day.