Ukraine Invasion: Italy Expels 30 Russian Diplomats Over ‘Security Concerns’
The Russian minister to Italy was called to the service and told of the choice.
The Italian government has removed 30 Russian ambassadors because of safety concerns, unfamiliar priest Luigi Di Maio said on Tuesday, portraying the authorities as “personae non grata.”
The Russian minister to Italy was called to the service and told of the choice earlier today, Di Maio expressed, talking from Berlin to RAI public telecaster.
A Foreign Ministry representative affirmed the removals.
“This action, taken in a joint effort with other European and Atlantic accomplices, was made vital by thought processes connected with our public safety, with regards to the present emergency circumstance coming from the inappropriate hostility of Ukraine by the Russian Federation,” Di Maio said.
Italian media cited Russian State media as saying that Russia would answer in kind to the political removals, AA reports
Italy is the most recent EU country to remove Russian negotiators in the midst of global shock over killings in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, close to Kyiv, where many bodies have been found lately in mass graves or in the city.
The rush of removals of Russian representatives in the EU has been banged as a “silly move” by Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov who let columnists know that it would “definitely lead to retaliatory advances,” reports Al Jazeera.