In Moscow, Russia, they will expel two Canadian diplomats in retaliation for NATO's recent expulsion of the two Russian envoys from the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, the Canadian Embassy in Moscow said on Wednesday.
The director of the NATO Information Office in Moscow, Isabelle Francois, and a work partner are to be expelled, said Nicholas Brousseau, a spokesman at the embassy.
The Canadian ambassador, Ralph Lysyshyn, was informed of the decision at a Russian Foreign Ministry meeting early on Wednesday, Brousseau said. The embassy called the decision "counterproductive."
Brousseau said, "Canada strongly regrets the decision, Canada and NATO allies have been seeking to re-engage Russia," he added.
By: Eugene Jiveke
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