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Monday, March 26, 2018
Russia vows to react to ‘unfriendly’ expulsions of diplomats
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussia’s Foreign Ministry is expressing its outrage over the expulsions of Russian diplomats by European Union and NATO members in solidarity with Britain, saying that Moscow will respond.
Britain has accused Russia of involvement in the March 4 poisoning of former Russian spy Serge Skripal and his daughter, accusations that Moscow has denied. The United States and many EU nations have announced that they are expelling Russian diplomats.
The Russian Foreign Ministry reaffirms in the statement that the British accusations are unfounded. It adds that the allies of Britain are “blindly following the principle of Euro-Atlantic solidarity in violation of common sense, norms of civilized international dialogue and international law.”
It says Russia will respond to the “unfriendly” move but doesn’t immediately say how.
— AP
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