At the suggestion of the competent authorities of the Republic of Bulgaria, in coordination with the Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, Bulgaria today declared 10 Russian diplomats accredited in our country persona non grata, giving them a 72-hour period to leave the country.
In this sense, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vasil Georgiev presented the relevant verbal note to Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova.
According to the information of the competent authorities, the said employees of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bulgaria have carried out on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria activities incompatible with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
