China News Agency, Brussels, April 5 (Reporter De Yongjian) The European Union announced on the 5th that 19 diplomats of the Russian mission to the EU were listed as "persona non grata" and asked 19 to leave Belgium, where the EU headquarters is located.
The European External Action Service said in a statement on the same day that the activities of 19 staff members of the Russian mission to the EU violated the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and were "incompatible with their status as diplomats". popular people".
The announcement stated that the EU asked 19 people to leave Belgium, the country where the EU headquarters is located, but did not specify a specific departure period.
According to the announcement, on the afternoon of the 5th Brussels time, the Secretary-General of the European External Action Service, Sanino, summoned Chizov, the head of the Russian mission to the EU, to inform the EU of the expulsion decision.
Recently, EU member states such as Germany, France, the Netherlands and Belgium have announced the expulsion of Russian diplomats. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has criticized these actions as "malicious acts", and Russia will respond based on the principle of reciprocity.
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