Moscow has expelled 18 employees of the European Union's delegation to Russia in retaliation at Brussels' expulsion of 19 Russians earlier this month, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday.
The EU on April 5 declared the 19 Russian diplomats personae non gratae for "engaging in activities contrary to their diplomatic status" and ordered them to leave host nation Belgium.
Russia's foreign ministry said in its statement that it had summoned EU ambassador to Russia, M ..
The EU diplomats must leave Russia as soon as possible, the ministry added.
Russia expels 18 from EU's Moscow mission in retaliatory move
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