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Greece declares 12 Russian diplomats “personae non gratae”

April 6, 2022 FEATURED, Greece, Politics 2

Greece has declared 12 Russian diplomats persona non gratae, the Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday. The Russian diplomats will have to leave the country. The ministry’s secretary general has informed about this decision the ambassador of the Russian Federation in Athens “earlier today,” the ministry said in a statement. According …

Russia expels two Greek diplomats in retaliation move

August 6, 2018 Greece, Politics Comments Off on Russia expels two Greek diplomats in retaliation move

Russia has expelled two Greek diplomats and forbade entrance to the country to the director of the political office of Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. Moscow’s retaliation comes almost a month after Athens expelled two Russian diplomats for promoting protests against the Macedonia Agreement with FYROM. Greek ambassador to Moscow …

FM Kotzias: Chicken-hearted diplomacy is for the coop, not for foreign policy

July 22, 2018 Greece, Politics Comments Off on FM Kotzias: Chicken-hearted diplomacy is for the coop, not for foreign policy

“The time when being chicken-hearted was considered diplomacy is over. This is diplomacy for the coop not for the foreign police,” Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in an interview on Sunday. His message was clear and was defending the latest policy of eternal ally Russia and the expulsion of …

Russian FM Lavrov cancels visit to Greece in diplomatic row

July 19, 2018 Greece, Politics 1

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s planned visit to Greece this autumn has been reportedly cancel, as “the timing is no longer suitable,” Russia’s ambassador to Athens Andrei Maslov told TASS news agency on Thursday. Greek officials had invited Lavrov in June before the diplomatic row over Macedonia and FYROM broke …

Russian FM: US clearly behind Greece’s decision to expel diplomats

July 13, 2018 Greece, Politics Comments Off on Russian FM: US clearly behind Greece’s decision to expel diplomats

Τhe expulsion of two Russian diplomats from Greece is unfounded and could seriously damage bilateral relations, the Russian Foreign ministry said on Friday. Moscow’s reaction comes a day after the US State Department said in a statement it supports Greece against “malicious Russian influence.” “It appears that Washington, which openly …

Russian diplomats: US supports Greece against “malicious Russian influence”

July 13, 2018 Greece, Politics 1

The United States support Greece in its decision to expel Russian diplomats who involved in actions against the Macedonia Agreement with FYROM. US State Department spokesperson, Heather Nauert, communicated the position of Washington in a tweet: #Greece expelled two Russian officials and barred entry of two others for attempting to …

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