( ) -q-19- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “to leave Austria.” The Austrian government says it has ordered four diplomats based in Vienna, including two at Moscow’s mission to United Nations agencies in the city, to leave the country. [CutID: <Cuts> AUSTRIA-RUSSIA-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 19s Title: AUSTRIA-RUSSIA-house-q-THUam Out-cue: to leave Austria] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Western […]
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An ultimatum is delivered to Russia by Austria concerning diplomats
( ) -q-19- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “to leave Austria.”
The Austrian government says it has ordered four diplomats based in Vienna, including two at Moscow’s mission to United Nations agencies in the city, to leave the country.
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Title: AUSTRIA-RUSSIA-house-q-THUam
Out-cue: to leave Austria]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Western European nations and Russia have expelled each others’ diplomats on several occasions since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine started nearly a year ago.
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VERBATIM: The Foreign Ministry says two diplomats the Russian Embassy had “engaged in acts incompatible with their diplomatic status.” It also notes that the permanent mission to the U.N. in Vienna “committed acts incompatible with the Headquarters Agreement.” It didn’t elaborate. The diplomats were given a week to leave Austria.