Moscow, May 27 (QNA) - Moscow has declared five employees of Croatia's embassy in Russia personae non grata, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on Friday.
"In response to hostile steps taken earlier by Zagreb to reduce the size of Russia's diplomatic mission, (Croatian ambassador) Tomislav Car received a note which declares five employees of the Croatian Embassy in Moscow personae non grata," Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported.
On 11 April Croatia announced that it had expelled 18 Russian diplomats and six administrative staff serving in Zagreb.
A day later the Russian Federation slammed the expulsion of the diplomats and sent a strong protest to Croatia's authorities and threatened to reciprocate. (QNA)