New Delhi: The war between Russia and Ukraine is going to be three months, but till now there is no sign of the end of the war. Here, the differences between the Western countries and Russia are increasing over the Ukraine war. On the one hand, European countries are imposing strict economic sanctions on Russia, while on the other hand, Russian diplomats are also being expelled from their country. Russia is also doing the same in turn. According to the news of ANI, Russia has today expelled 34 French diplomats from their country. AFP has given this news quoting the Russian Foreign Ministry. Last month, France also expelled several Russian diplomats from its country. French officials said that keeping Russian diplomats in their countries is against our security interests.
Finland’s diplomats also expelled
A day earlier, Russia had also decided to expel two Finnish diplomats. Finland has requested to join NATO and for this, the Finnish Parliament has also accepted the approval. Russia has been threatening Finland and Sweden not to join NATO. However, the action of expelling Finnish diplomats from Russia has been taken in retaliation as two Russian diplomats were also fired by Finland last month.
The process of expulsion is going on for two months
Ever since the war started, the process of expulsion of diplomats has started between European countries and Russia. First, the US expelled 12 diplomats from Russia’s mission to the United Nations. The Americans accused him of espionage. On 23 March, the Russian Foreign Ministry reacted sharply to this, terming this move of America as a hostile action and indicating to take action in return. After this many European countries started expelling Russian diplomats. Was. On 15 April, Russia also asked 18 EU diplomats to leave the country. In this way, many countries of Europe have expelled Russian diplomats by accusing them of espionage. The Netherlands has expelled 17 Russian diplomats, calling them intelligence officers. Similarly, Belgium expelled 21 Russian officers. Then the Czech Republic also expelled a Russian officer.
