BUCHAREST, Romania – Latvia and Estonia each ordered the closure of two Russian consulates and told staff to leave their countries, the foreign ministries said on Tuesday, in measures taken in response to the war in Ukraine.
‘The decision was taken in solidarity with Ukraine in its fight against the unprovoked and unjustified military aggression and war started by Russia’, Latvia Foreign ministry said in a statement.
The consulates in the Latvia towns of Daugavpils and Liepja and Estonian towns of Tartu and Narva will have to close by the end of April. Staff have to leave by the time, the statements of ministries said.
Several European countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Denmark and Sweden, have announced expulsions of Russian diplomats, with Moscow saying it would respond in kind.
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