The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Moldovan ambassador in Moscow Lilian Drey to file a protest following Chisinau's decision to declare an employee of the Russian embassy as persona non grata.
"On November 10, the extraordinary and senior ambassador of Moldova to Russia, Lilian Drey, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry," the ministry said. "A sharp protest was submitted to the ambassador after the Moldovan authorities on October 23 declared an employee of the Russian Embassy in Chisinau as persona non grata, under the official pretext of the alleged discovery on the territory of the republic of debris from a UAV carrying explosives. ".
"A note from the Russian Foreign Ministry was delivered to the Moldovan ambassador informing that, based on the principle of reciprocity, the Russian side declared an employee of the Moldovan embassy persona non grata," it said.