This photo taken on March 10, 2022 shows the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (PHOTO / XINHUA) MOSCOW – The Latvian ambassador to Russia, Maris Riekstins, should leave Russia within two weeks, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday. Latvian Charge d'Affaires Dace Rutka was summoned to the ministry in protest over Latvia's decision to lower the […]
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Moscow orders Latvian ambassador to leave Russia within 2 weeks
This photo taken on March 10, 2022 shows the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (PHOTO / XINHUA) MOSCOW – The Latvian ambassador to Russia, Maris Riekstins, should leave Russia within two weeks, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday. Latvian Charge d'Affaires Dace Rutka was summoned to the ministry in protest over Latvia's decision to lower the […]
Paris says Burkina Faso asked French ambassador to leave
Luc Hallade (left), French ambassador to Burkina Faso, and General Laurent Michon (right), Commander of Barkhane Force, give a press conference, in Ouagadougou, on July 21, 2022. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) PARIS – The French foreign ministry on Tuesday said it had received a letter from the Burkinabe authorities in December requesting the departure […]
First US ambassador to Sudan in 25 years takes up post
John Godfrey arrived here on Wednesday to take up the role of first US ambassador to Sudan in almost 25 years, the US embassy in Khartoum said in a statement. The US removed Sudan from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism in December 2020 In 1993, the US listed Sudan as a country that […]
US, UK urged to handle ties with China by showing respect
In this file photo taken on July 31, 2021, China's Ambassador to the United Kingdom Zheng Zeguang speaks a day before the Aug 1 anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army of China. (PHOTO / CHINESE EMBASSY TO THE UK) LONDON – Chinese Ambassador to Britain Zheng Zeguang called on the United States […]
Sudan summons Chadian ambassador over alleged attack
This file photo dated Sept 21, 2021, shows traffic moving on a street in Sudan's capital Khartoum. (MARWAN ALI / AP) KHARTOUM – Sudan summoned the Chadian ambassador to Sudan on Saturday to protest what it called a cross-border attack by Chadian armed groups that killed at least 18 Sudanese civilians, official SUNA news agency […]