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Ireland to expel Russian diplomat over UK nerve agent attack
The Irish Government has said that a Russian diplomat is to be expelled over the nerve attack in Salisbury, England earlier this month.
In a statement, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said the Russian Ambassador to Ireland has been told that the "accreditation of a member of his staff with diplomatic status is to be terminated".
This person is required to leave Ireland.
Mr Coveney said the attack in Salisbury was "an affront to the international rules-based system on which we all depend for our security and wellbeing".
Mr Coveney spoke with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson last night and said that Ireland will be acting in solidarity with the UK.
Ireland has joined 16 EU members states, the United States, Canada and Australia, along with Britain, in expelling more than 100 Russian diplomats in response to the attack on former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter on 4 March.
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2018/0327/950312-salisbury/