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PRAGUE, April 20. /TASS/. Prague would welcome the expulsion of Russian intelligence officers by the allies in the EU and NATO, the Czech Republic’s First Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister and also Acting Foreign Minister Jan Hamacek said. We have received strong support from our allies [in the EU and NATO in connection with the expulsion of 18 staff members of the Russian Embassy in the Czech Republic]. We would welcome if they [also] expelled officers of Russian special services. We expect that our allies’ response would be stronger, Hamacek said.
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