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PRAGUE The Czech Republic is informing its NATO and European Union allies about suspected Russian involvement in a 2014 ammunition depot explosion and will discuss the matter at an EU foreign ministers’ meeting on Monday, acting Foreign Minister Jan Hamacek said on Twitter on Sunday.
The central European country expelled 18 Russian embassy staff on Saturday and said that investigations linked Russian intelligence to the explosion, which killed two people.
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The expulsions and allegations by Prague have triggered its biggest dispute with Russia since the end of the communist era in 1989.
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Czech Foreign Minister Jan Hamacek on Saturday announced the expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats, who were obliged to leave the country within 48 hours.
Prime Minister Andrej Babis explained that the move was prompted by a reasonable suspicion that Russian military intelligence officers had something to do with the October 2014 explosion at an ammunition depot in the town of Vrbetice.
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Czech Republic to inform EU about alleged Russian link to 2014 explosion 1 minute read
Prague, Apr 18 (EFE).- The Czech Republic on Sunday said it was in contact with its European Union partners about an alleged Russian-backed sabotage attack against an ammunition depot in 2014.
Acting Foreign Minister Jan Hamacek tweeted: “I tasked our ambassadors at EU and NATO to inform our allies about the Vrbetice case.
“I will also speak about this at a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday,” he added, referring to the upcoming video conference between EU foreign affairs ministers to discuss the situation in Ukraine, among other issues.