Russia opposes Poland’s expulsion of diplomats

According to Reuters news agency, speaking to reporters outside the Polish Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Andreev said that the accusations made by Poland against 45 Russian officials expelled were “unfounded”.

Andreev’s statement came after Polish Homeland Security Service spokesman Stanislaw Zaryn announced the expulsion of 45 Russian diplomats on charges of espionage. The Polish Foreign Ministry summoned Ambassador Andreev to announce the decision.

Before this move, Russia’s RIA news agency, citing a source of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that Moscow would take countermeasures if Russian diplomats were expelled from Poland.

The United States and its Western allies are imposing a variety of sanctions against Russia after Moscow launched a special military operation in eastern Ukraine. Some sources also said that the US and Western countries are assessing Russia’s membership in the G20.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on March 24 accused the US of putting pressure on other countries to exclude Russia from the G20 forum. Some countries disagree with this issue and still maintain their own positions.

According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Jakarta, earlier, Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Lyudmila Georgievna Vorobieva said that Russia highly appreciates Indonesia’s decision to invite all G20 members to the agenda. Russia guarantees to attend all G20 activities during the year Indonesia is President.

According to the official, Russian President Vladimir Putin also plans to attend the G20 Summit in the resort island of Bali this year. Ambassador Lyudmila also emphasized that the G20 is a major economic forum, so bringing up the Russia-Ukraine issue to discuss at this forum is not appropriate and does not bring a solution to the current tension.