After Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine, a remarkable move came from the USA. It was reported that 12 people from the Russian mission at the United Nations (UN) in the US state of New York were deported.
EXCLUSION DECISION FOR 12 DIPLOMATS
Vasily Nebenzya, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), said that the United States had ordered 12 Russian diplomats at the UN to leave the country by 7 March.
CALL FOR DIPLOMATS IN MOSCOW
On the other hand, the US administration announced that embassy employees in Moscow could also leave the country “voluntarily”.
SUSPENDED THEIR DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITIES IN BELARUS
The US State Department updated its travel warnings for Russia and Belarus, warning not to travel to these two countries, and announced that they had stopped their diplomatic activities in Belarus.
In the US State Department’s travel warning statement regarding Belarus, the Russian military attack on Ukraine and the Russian military build-up in Belarus along the Ukrainian border were warned, “Do not travel to Belarus” to citizens. (AA-UAV)