(ANSA) - BUCHAREST, APR 26 - Romania said Monday it will
expel a Russian diplomat, the latest European country to do so
in solidarity with the Czech Republic, which is involved in a
spat with Moscow. The deputy military attache at the Russian
embassy in Bucharest, Alexei Grichayev, would be declared
"persona non grata... in view of his activities and actions
contrary to the Convention of Vienna on diplomatic relations,"
the foreign ministry said in a statement. Romania's foreign
minister Bogdan Aurescu summoned Russian ambassador Valery
Kuzmin to his offices on Monday, according to the statement. The
Czech government has accused the Russian secret services of
being behind an explosion that killed two people at an arms
depot in eastern Czech Republic in 2014, which President Milos
Zeman on Sunday likened to terror attacks. After Prague expelled
18 Russian diplomats over the allegations, Moscow retaliated by
kicking out 20 Czech embassy staff, sending bilateral relations
to their lowest point in decades. (ANSA).
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