Moscow handed over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Czech Republic Viteszslav Pivonka requirement to reduce the number of employees of the Czech dipstream in Moscow. This is stated in the comments of the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova.
“In response to the hostile actions of Prague demanded to reduce the quantitative composition of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Moscow, taking into account the essential disparity in the category of accepted in place. The ambassador said that we reserve the right and other steps in the event of further unlocking the hysterical anti-Russian Campaign in the Czech Republic” , – indicated in the document.
It is noted that the Czech Republic “continues the promotion of the anti-Russian campaign” under the spill-informed pretexts and its actions destroys bilateral relations. Russia also points out that reserves the right to make further measures in case of continuing such measures from Prague.
Earlier, the Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs Yakub Kulgank said that since Russia did not respond to the demand of Prague to return to Moscow 20 of the expected employees of its embassy, the number of the Russian embassy in Prague will be reduced to the same number that the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Moscow . Later he explained that until the end of May, the Czech Republic would have to leave 63 employees of the Russian Embassy.