Romania’s ambassador to Moscow, Cristian Istrate, has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, to be informed about the retaliatory measures Russia plans after the president ordered a consulate closed.
“The Romanian ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Ministry, where he will be informed of the retaliatory measures for the closure of the Consulate General in Constanta,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
At the end of May, a Russian drone crashed on the roof of an apartment building in Galati, and the Russian ambassador was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be informed about measures that would be taken.
After a meeting of Romania’s top defense body, President Nicusor Dan said the Consulate General would be closed and declared the Russian consul persona non grata. Media reports said the closure was a sensitive issues as it was a hub for Kremlin espionage.
Maria Zakharova claimed that “agitation” created around the drone incident in Romania was to distract attention from what she called Ukraine’s killing of children in Starobelsk.
On Wednesday, Romania’s lower Chamber of Deputies tacitly adopted a draft proposal to “urgently and immediately” start negotiations to unite with neighboring Moldova, a former Soviet republic. Russia opposes the move as it considers Moldova to be within its region of influence.
Romania Parliament adopts draft law to ‘urgently’ start negotiations to unite with Moldova
