Moldova declares Russian deputy PM Rogozin. Russia protests – UPDATE
Moldova’s foreign ministry declared Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin persona non grata on Wednesday over comments he made about Moldova in an interview with a Russian television channel.
UPDATE: Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it had summoned Moldova’s ambassador to Moscow and had strongly protested to him over the decision by Moldova’s government to declare Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin persona non grata.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Moldovan Foreign Ministry accused Rogozin, Russia’s special representative to Moldova’s pro-Russian breakaway Transdniestria region, of making defamatory remarks about a Moldovan governmental delegation in an interview with a Russian television channel.
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Declaring Rogozin persona non grata is one of “Chisinau’s irresponsible steps aimed at a deliberate undermining of bilateral Russian-Moldovan relations”, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Rogozin is Russia’s special representative to Transdniestria, a self-proclaimed independent territory in Moldova that has remained loyal to Moscow since the fall of the Soviet Union.
“In view of this (the comments) the Russian ambassador was told that the Moldovan authorities had declared Dmitry Rogozin persona non grata, banning him from entering Moldova and also crossing its territory,” the ministry said in a statement.
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