The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Moldova has declared one of the employees of the Russian embassy in the republic persona non grata, APA reports citing Pledge Times.
“We were informed that one of the embassy employees was declared persona non grata,” said Russian Ambassador Oleg Vasnetsov after visiting the Moldovan diplomatic mission.
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Moldova's foreign ministry said on Thursday it had expelled a Russian diplomat and summoned Russia's ambassador to issue a formal protest, a day after its law enforcement agencies detained two officials on treason and conspiracy allegations, APA reports citing Reuters.
A Moldovan security source said the two people had been detained on Tuesday on suspicion of providing information to the Russian embassy's deputy defense attache in Chisinau.