“We intend to send additional personnel to Ethiopia.
Visas have been requested, ”TASS quoted Duzharrik as saying.
He noted that seven employees of the organization, declared persona non grata by the Ethiopian authorities, are already outside the country.
On September 30, the Ethiopian government, in a message on the Foreign Ministry's Facebook page, declared seven employees of the UN specialized services persona non grata and invited them to leave the country within the next 72 hours.
The UN did not recognize the expulsion of its employees from Ethiopia.