Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it would expel 45 Polish diplomats from Russia on Friday in response to Poland’s expulsion of 45 Russian diplomats.
“In response to hostile actions by Poland to expel Russian diplomats, on the basis of the principle of reciprocity, 45 employees of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland and the consulates general of the Republic of Poland in Irkutsk, Kaliningrad and Saint Petersburg were declared ‘persona non grata’ ,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on Telegram.
“They must leave the territory of the Russian Federation before the end of April 13th. The corresponding note was delivered to the Polish Ambassador to Russia,” the notice said.
Polish ambassador to Moscow Krzysztof Kraevsky was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday to express “strong protest” against Poland’s decision to expel 45 Russian diplomats as persona non grata, according to the statement.
Persona non grata literally means “an unwanted person”.
“The ambassador was told that we regard this step as a confirmation of Warsaw’s conscious desire to finally destroy bilateral relations. The responsibility for this lies entirely with the Polish side,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Currently, Poland, a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), is the place that receives the most Ukrainian refugees who left the country due to the war.
Source: CNN Brasil
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