Estonian Foreign Ministry declares Russian diplomat persona non grata

Estonian Foreign Ministry declares Russian diplomat persona non grata
# 24 March 2023 14:50 (UTC +04:00)

The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced a decision to deport one of the Russian Embassy’s diplomats due to his alleged activities that undermine 'Estonia’s security and constitutional order,' the ministry said in a statement on Friday, APA reports citing TASS.

"Today 24 March, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia summoned the charge d’affaires of the Russian embassy and presented a diplomatic note on declaring a member of the diplomatic staff of the embassy persona non grata," the statement reads.

"The activities of the person in question have violated the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and they have to leave Estonia by 29 March," according to the Estonian Foreign Ministry.

"The diplomat in question has been engaged in directly and actively undermining Estonia’s security and constitutional order, spreading propaganda that justifies Russia’s military action and causing divisions in Estonian society," the statement added.

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