US expels Russian UN diplomats over security concerns
The US has expelled 12 Russian diplomats at the United Nations over national security concerns, US and Russian diplomats have said.The members of Russia's mission have been asked to leave the US for engaging in non-diplomatic activities."Those diplomats that have been asked to leave the United States were engaged in activities that were not in accordance with their responsibilities and obligations as diplomats," Deputy US Ambassador Richard Mills told the UN Security Council, without elaborating further.Russia's UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told reporters they had been asked to leave by 7 March, Reuters news agency reports.
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