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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addresses the press at NATO headquarters in Brussels on March 27, 2018.
Stoltenberg announced that NATO has reduced the maximum size of the Russian Mission to NATO by ten people, in reaction to the the use of a nerve agent in Salisbury (AFP PHOTO / Emmanuel DUNAND)
NATO joined a growing movement of international solidarity with the U.K., expelling seven Russian diplomats.
The military bloc joined more than two dozen countries that have so far expelled more than 140 Russian diplomats.
The moves come in response to a nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter on British soil, which the U.K. and others have blamed on Moscow.
CGTN’s Mariam Zaidi reports from NATO headquarters in Brussels.
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Anton Fedyashin discusses Russian diplomat expulsions around the world
CGTN’s Asieh Namdar spoke to Anton Fedyashin about the escalating tensions between Russia and the interntional communioty. Fedyashin is a professor of History at American University in Washington, D.C. He also specializes in Europe-Asia, Cold War and international relations.
Russian FM Lavrov will respond to expulsion “obnoxiousness”
Moscow is calling the expulsion of Russian diplomats a “mistake,” and is expected to issue a response to the growing show of solidarity with the U.K. CGTN’s Dan Ashby has more from Moscow.
