The Russian Foreign Ministry has deemed a decision by the Romanian authorities to reduce Russia’s diplomatic presence in Romania as a hostile act, which will not remain unanswered. Specific measures will be announced in due time, Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry has said. The Romanian Foreign Ministry has announced the ambasador of the Russian Federation in Bucharest was briefed on Thursday upon the decision of the Romanian authorities to reduce the diplomatic and technical-administrative personnel of the Russian Federation in Romania by limiting their number to a level close to Romania’s diplomatical representation in the Russian Federation. Within 30 days, the number of diplomats must be reduced by 21 and the auxiliary personnel by 30. The measure has been endorsed according to the 1961 Vienna convention on diplomatic relations and reflects the present level of the bilateral relations sharply reduced by Romania after the beginning of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Romanian Foreign Ministry has specified.
