It is noted that on April 13, the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Russia, Vitezslav Pivonka, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
“A decisive protest was made against him in connection with the adoption in March of this year.
by the Czech side, by a provocative decision, to declare persona non grata the adviser-envoy of the Russian embassy in Prague, ”the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
The ambassador was handed a note declaring, as a response, a senior diplomat of the Czech embassy in Moscow persona non grata.
He must leave Russia before the end of the day on April 16.
On March 29, the Czech Foreign Ministry declared the Russian diplomat persona non grata.