NATO expels seven Russian diplomats, limits size of mission

Ersin Çelik
16:5127/03/2018, Tuesday
U: 27/03/2018, Tuesday
REUTERS
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg

NATO has expelled seven diplomats from Russia's mission to the alliance over the nerve agent attack on British soil this month, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday.

Stoltenberg said NATO had also cut the maximum size of the Russian mission at the alliance to 20 people from 30.

"It sends a very clear message to Russia that it has costs," he told a news conference.

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