Apr 25, 2022, 6:48 PM

Russia expels 40 German diplomats in tit-for-tat move

Russia expels 40 German diplomats in tit-for-tat move

TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – Russia has decided to declare 40 German diplomats personae non gratae in a tit-for-tat response to Berlin, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

The ministry mentioned that it summoned the German ambassador in Russia on Monday to lodge a protest over expulsion of 40 Russian diplomats from Germany.

"The German ambassador received a note declaring 40 employees of German diplomatic missions in Russia ‘persona non grata’ as a symmetrical response to the aforementioned decision of the German government," the ministry said in a statement, according to Sputnik news agency.

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