Russia denounces agreement on Czech Consulate General in Yekaterinburg

The Russian government has decided to denounce the agreement regarding the operation of the Czech consulate in Yekaterinburg.

Report informs citing the Russian media that the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin signed the corresponding order, which is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

The initiative to denounce the agreement was earlier made by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

"To accept the proposal of the Russian Foreign Ministry to denounce the agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the government of the Czech Republic on the establishment of the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Yekaterinburg dated November 5, 2001, concluded in the form of an exchange of notes," the document says.

It should be noted that on February 24 last year, the Czech Republic closed its consulates general in St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg. At the same time, the Czech Republic decided to close the Russian consulates in Brno and Karlovy Vary.