World News | UK Expels Russian Diplomat, Diplomatic Spouse in Tit-for-tat Response to Expulsions in Moscow
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Britain's government said Wednesday it has expelled a Russian diplomat and a diplomatic spouse in a tit-for-tat response to the expulsion of two British embassy staff in Moscow earlier this week.
London, Mar 12 (AP) Britain's government said Wednesday it has expelled a Russian diplomat and a diplomatic spouse in a tit-for-tat response to the expulsion of two British embassy staff in Moscow earlier this week.
In a statement Wednesday, the Foreign Office said it had summoned the Russian ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, following an “increasingly aggressive and coordinated campaign of harassment against British diplomats.”
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It said Kelin was told that the UK will “not stand for intimidation of British embassy staff and their families." As a result, the Foreign Office was taking “immediate reciprocal action, revoking accreditation for a Russian diplomat and a diplomatic spouse.” (AP)
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