New Delhi: The tension and dispute between Germany and Russia regarding the Russia-Ukraine War are now increasing. Russia on Saturday announced the tit-for-tat expulsion of more than 20 German diplomats after it reported a “massive” expulsion of staff from the Russian embassy in Berlin. Along with this, Russia also accused Germany of destroying relations.
According to the news agency AFP, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told state television Zvezda that ‘more than 20’ German diplomats would have to leave Moscow. The ministry’s statement came soon after it condemned ‘another mass expulsion of employees of Russian diplomatic missions in Germany’.
At the same time, the German Foreign Ministry said that it did not pay attention to the statements of the Foreign Ministry of Russia. The German Foreign Ministry said that ‘the federal government and the Russian ministry have had contact in recent weeks on personnel matters in their respective representations abroad.’ Without mentioning the expulsion of diplomats from Russia, the German Foreign Ministry said today’s flight Its part of the same process.
Here Russia has accused Germany of ‘continuing to demonstratively destroy the entire chain of Russo-German relations’. The Russian Foreign Ministry said ‘As a reaction to Berlin’s hostile actions, the Russian side has decided to reverse the decision and expel German diplomats from Russia.’ It is known that before this, Germany had provided security to 40 Russian diplomats last year. Was expelled from Germany citing danger.
Significantly, Germany had maintained deep economic ties with Moscow for years, especially in the energy sector where it depended on Russian gas. However, relations soured after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a military campaign in Ukraine and Berlin increased financial and military support to Kyiv.
