Russia Expels U.S. Diplomats in Latest Tit-for-Tat Action
Russia ordered U.S. Embassy staff who have been in Moscow for more than three years to leave the country by Jan. 31, a move that comes a day before diplomats hold talks to address the worsening relationship between the two countries.
Foreign ministry officials on Wednesday indicated that the decision to remove the U.S. Embassy staff was in retaliation for Washington’s expulsion of more than 50 Russian diplomats by June 30. in line with previously imposed term limits.
“I would like to emphasize that the choice is not ours,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a briefing Wednesday. “Our American partners have forced us to play that way. We have long and persistently tried to reason with them and still direct them to some kind of constructive solution to the issue, but they made their choice.”
The State Department said it had asked the Russian diplomats to leave in line with existing policy.
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