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| Russian Foreign Ministry declares British military attache persona non grata | |
| 2024-05-17 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned a representative of the British Embassy on May 16 in connection with London's decision to expel the defense attaché of the Russian Embassy, the department said. “In response to this decision, the defense attache at the British Embassy in Moscow, A. T. Coghill, is declared persona non grata,” the Foreign Ministry said.
The Foreign Ministry expressed a strong protest in connection with the unfriendly and groundless decision taken by the British authorities on May 8 against the Russian diplomat, defense attache at the Russian Embassy in London. The department regarded these steps as a politically motivated action with a pronounced Russophobic character, which causes irreparable damage to bilateral relations. As Regnum reported, Russian Ambassador to London Andrei Kelin was summoned to the British Foreign Office on May 8. The reason was the alleged collection of intelligence data by the Russian side in the UK. On the same day, Britain announced the expulsion of Russia's military attache from the country. At the same time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the introduction of new restrictions on the receipt of diplomatic visas by Russians. British authorities also removed diplomatic status from a number of Russian-owned properties. Commenting on the decision of the British authorities, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova promised that Moscow would give an adequate response. | |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Unfriendly? You're killing Russians and you talk about unfriendly? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2024-05-17 12:15 |