Moscow, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Russia has declared a senior Czech diplomat "persona non grata" and ordered the official to leave the country before the end of the day on April 16, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Czech Ambassador to Russia Vitezslav Pivonka was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday and was handed a note informing him of the decision, the statement said, Xinhua news agency reported.
The move was made in response to the expulsion of a diplomat working at the Russian Embassy in Prague, the statement added.
The Czech Republic expelled a Russian diplomat from the country in late March, news reports said.
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2022-04-14-13:45:04
Source: IANS
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