STOCKHOLM, August 4th – RIA Novosti, Lyudmila Bozhko. Swedish Foreign Ministry does not explain the reasons for the recent expulsion of Russian diplomat from Sweden.
“We will not make any additional comments to those that have already been made earlier, “- said the representative of the Public Relations Swedish Foreign Minister Juhan Tegel.
On Monday, Swedish television SVT reported that Russia declared persona non grata by the Swedish diplomat in the embassy in Sweden Moscow.
Swedish Foreign Ministry confirmed this, saying that the Russian authorities have not presented any specific allegations against an employee of the Swedish Embassy in Moscow and that his expulsion was the response of the Russian Federation on the recent expulsion of Russian diplomat from Sweden.
“Russia has said that it is – response” – said Johan Tegel.
According to him, an employee of the Russian embassy in Sweden was invited to return home, as the Swedish Foreign Ministry believe that he was involved in activities incompatible the Vienna Convention.
The commentary of the Information Department Russian Foreign Ministry published on the site office on Tuesday, said that “the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that one of these days” persona non grata “was declared a diplomatic employee of the embassy of Sweden in Moscow. The move is a reprisal for the unfriendly actions of the Swedish authorities in respect of a diplomat of the Russian Embassy in Stockholm “.
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