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Tsvetan Tsvetanov: Russian diplomats should leave because of Skripal case

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Deputy Chairman of ruling GERB party Tsvetan Tsvetanov has hinted that this country should expel Russian diplomats because of latest evidence in the Skripal case, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov was personally made acquainted of the new evidence by British Ambassador to Sofia Emma Hopkins .

"Evidence are now much clearer and it can be said that we have to comply with what all developed European countries have done. Countries such as the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, France and the United States have firm position over the case," Tsvetanov told journalists.

At the end of March, after a meeting of the Security Council at the Council of Ministers, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that this country would wait for more evidence on the case before deciding whether to implement more extreme actions.




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