Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Regevichs announced this Monday that his country plans to lower the level of diplomatic relations with Russia from February 24.
“Due to Russia’s continued aggression against Ukraine and solidarity with Estonia, Latvia will reduce diplomatic relations with Russia from February 24,” the Foreign Minister said on his Twitter account. .
Earlier today, the Russian Foreign Ministry released a statement confirming that diplomatic relations with Estonia had been severed.
In a statement, the ministry said that Estonia took a new hostile step by reducing Russia’s diplomatic representation in Tallinn (the capital of Estonia) to a charge d’affaires.
The statement also stated that the Estonian ambassador was summoned and told that he must leave Russia by February 7.
“In recent years, the Estonian leadership has deliberately worsened relations with Russia on various fronts and strives to spread hatred against Russia and sow hatred in our country, including in the country’s political circles, ” the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Source: Novosti + RT
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