North Macedonia declares six Russian diplomats personae non gratae

North Macedonia has declared six more Russian diplomats personae non gratae, a statement issued by the republic's Foreign Ministry on Friday said.

"Today, the Russian Ambassador to North Macedonia, Sergey Bazdnikin, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was handed over a Note Verbale with which six diplomats of the Embassy of the Russian Federation were declared persona non grata in North Macedonia," the statement reads.

"Based on the information received from the relevant authorities, the six Russian diplomats in question were engaging in activities contrary to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and are to leave the territory of the Republic of North Macedonia in the next five days," the country's foreign ministry stressed.