Forty employees of the Russian embassy in Bucharest left the city on a special flight, organized by the Kremlin after the order of the Romanian Foreign Ministry in June to reduce the Russian diplomatic staff in the country, Report informs with reference to the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to the Romanian authorities, there were 11 diplomats and 29 administrative employees of the Russian embassy on board the plane.
On June 8, the Russian ambassador in Bucharest was notified of the decision of the Romanian government to reduce the staff of the Russian embassy in the country by 40 people.
Then Bucharest limited the number of Russian personnel to a level close to the level of Romanian representation in Moscow.