A diplomat of the Russian Embassy to Bucharest was declared persona non grata by the Romanian Foreign Affairs ministry and needs to leave Romania within 48 hours, Romania's Foreign Affairs ministry announced on Tuesday, as a reaction of the similar decision taken by the Russian Foreign Affairs ministry in the case of the Romanian diplomat Gabriel Grecu.

A press release of the ministry notes, with regret, that the Russian Foreign Affairs ministry declared Romanian diplomat Gabriel Grecu. first secretary of the political department of the Romanian Embassy to Bucharest, persona non grata. The diplomat will leave the country within 48 hours, as required, the press release reads.

In reply to this situation, the Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry sent the decision of the Romanian authorities to declare a diplomat, with an equivalent diplomatic position, of the Russian Embassy to Bucharest, persona non grata.