“They invited me to the Foreign Ministry by 16:00 (00:00 Moscow time -

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),” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

The Russian ambassador added that the Canadian authorities did not disclose the reason for the call.

On December 5, Stepanov also reported that he had been summoned to the Canadian Foreign Ministry.

Later, Canadian Ambassador Alison Leclerc was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with the groundless calls of the Russian ambassador in Ottawa.