MOSCOW, October 23. /TASS/: The expulsion of two Russian diplomats from the unrecognized republic of Kosovo will not entail consequences for their legal status, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement posted on the ministry’s website on Saturday.
"We proceed from the fact that this step of Pristina’s administration will not entail any consequences for the legal status of the mentioned Russian diplomats," she said.
According to Zakharova, the expelled diplomats have no relation to any bodies of the self-proclaimed state, as they are accredited to the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).
Russia urges UNMIK and the NATO-led international peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (known as the Kosovo Force, or KFOR) to provide secure conditions for the staff of the Russian Representative Office in Pristina, Zakharova said.
"We call on the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and the international Kosovo Force to provide sufficient security and proper conditions for effective work of the staff of the Russian Representative Office in Pristina," the statement says.
