China News Agency, Moscow, March 24 (Reporter Tian Bing) In response to the announcement of the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Poland and Montenegro, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the 24th saying that it would respond severely to the Polish side, and at the same time announced the expulsion of a Montenegrin diplomat in Russia. .
The statement said that the Polish authorities declared 45 Russian diplomats in Poland "persona non grata" on the 23rd and expelled them was actually an act of deliberately sabotaging bilateral relations.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that Poland's move is the reason for the escalation of the conflict crisis under the guidelines of NATO, and emphasizes that Poland's behavior determines how Russia will examine Russia-Polish relations in the next step.
The statement stressed that the Polish authorities must be held accountable for the current situation and possible consequences.
Russia will make a severe response to this.
In addition, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Montenegrin ambassador to Russia on the 24th and handed him a note, declaring a diplomat of the Montenegrin embassy in Russia "persona non grata".
The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the move was in response to the expulsion of Russian diplomats by Montenegro on March 4.
The Montenegrin Foreign Ministry on March 4 designated a diplomatic staff member of the Russian embassy in Montenegro in Podgorica as "persona non grata" and asked him to leave the country within 72 hours.
Since the Russian military launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, many countries have successively announced the expulsion of Russian diplomats.
According to Russian media reports, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs submitted a note to the Russian ambassador to Poland on the 23rd on the expulsion of 45 Russian diplomats.
Recently, Bulgaria declared 10 Russian diplomats "persona non grata"; Lithuania announced the expulsion of four Russian diplomats, while Latvia and Estonia each announced the expulsion of three Russian diplomats.
On the 23rd, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying that the Russian side sent a note to the U.S. diplomatic corps in Russia on the same day, announcing the expulsion of the U.S. diplomats in Russia, in response to the U.S. expelling the diplomats of the Permanent Mission of Russia to the United Nations and the United Nations Secretariat. Party staff.
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