Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has just said that in order to show solidarity with the Czech Republic, three Baltic countries including Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have decided to expel some Russian diplomats.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Landsbergis said the two Russian embassy staff were “unwelcome” for the activities that were inconsistent with diplomatic regulations and had seven days to leave Lithuania.
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevich announced that he would expel a Russian diplomat and said he would “not allow hostile operations in his or her own territory”. Consecutively, many EU countries expelled Russian diplomats Meanwhile, the Estonian Foreign Ministry has also issued a decision to expel a Russian diplomat involved in the explosion of the Czech army’s ammunition in 2014. The Estonian side confirmed, this incident is clear “vi violating international law, undermining the security and stability of Europe and is unacceptable “. New diplomatic tensions with Russia began after the Czech ordered 18 Russian diplomats to leave the country on suspicions they were involved in a 2014 ammunition explosion. Russia responded by expelling 20 Czech diplomats after denying Prague’s accusations. Confrontation between the two countries continued to escalate, with the Czech demanding that 63 Russian diplomats leave the country. Before three countries Baltics, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Poland also announced the deportation of Russian diplomats respectively.
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