BRUSSELS – The European Union has declared 19 Russian diplomats personae non gratae for “participating in actions opposite to their diplomatic standing” and ordered them to go away host nation Belgium, the bloc mentioned, becoming a member of EU members in expelling envoys.
“Primarily based on the choice by Excessive Consultant Josep Borrell, 19 members of the Everlasting Mission of the Russian Federation to the EU in Brussels have been declared personae non gratae for participating in actions opposite to their diplomatic standing,” the bloc mentioned in an announcement.
The choice to revoke the immunity of the diplomats at Russia’s mission to the EU follows related choices by a bunch of EU nations, together with France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium and Spain, accusing envoys of spying.
The EU mentioned its choice was additionally in protest at reviews of civilian killings in Ukrainian cities that have been beneath Russian management since Moscow’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. The EU mentioned they have been “atrocities.” Moscow says they have been staged by Kyiv.
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