The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Tuesday evening that it had not been officially notified of the closure of the Consulate General of Romania in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, but had taken note of the publication of the decision. government in Moscow.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs took note of the publication of the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation on the denunciation of the bilateral Agreement concluded in 2005 on the opening of the Consulate General of Romania in Rostov-on-Don. The Romanian side has not yet been officially notified of this decision,” the IEA said in a statement on Tuesday evening.

He notes that, in addition to the Romanian Embassy in Moscow, the Consulate General of Romania in Rostov-on-Don and the Consulate General of Romania in St. Petersburg currently operate on the territory of the Russian Federation.

The official Russian news agency TASS reported on Monday evening that the government in Moscow accepted the proposal of the Russian Foreign Ministry to cancel the agreement on the opening of the Romanian Consulate General in Rostov-on-Don, and Russian Prime Minister Mykhailo Mishustin signed the order on this matter.

“In accordance with Article 37 of the Federal Law “On International Treaties of the Russian Federation”, the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia regarding the denunciation of the agreement between the governments of Russia and Romania on the opening of the Consulate General of Romania in Rostov. -on-the-Don from September 22, 2005, concluded in the form of an exchange of notes,” says the order published on the official portal of legal information of the Russian government.

Moscow’s decision comes at a time when relations between Romania and Russia have cooled significantly since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, and Bucharest has strongly condemned the act of aggression.