The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared a diplomat from the Russian Embassy to North Macedonia persona non grata.

“In line with Article 9 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to declare a diplomat from the Embassy of the Russian Federation a persona non grata in North Macedonia,” the Ministry said in a press release on Tuesday.

In that regard, the press release read, on May 14, 2021, the Russian Ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry and handed a note ordering that the diplomat must leave North Macedonia within seven days.