Flag of Slovakia . File photoPRAGUE, Mar 30 The number of diplomats at the Russian embassy in Bratislava was reduced by the Slovak leadership by 35 people, based on the current real relations between Slovakia and Russia, Prime Minister Eduard Heger said on Wednesday evening. Earlier, the Slovak Foreign Ministry said on its website that the leadership of the republic decided to reduce the personnel of the Russian diplomatic mission by 35 people. «Those 35 diplomats that we decided to send home were not only redundant, based on our real relations with the Russian Federation, but also represented a very high a security risk (of the republic),” said the prime minister, whose speech was broadcast by the TA3 TV channel. Press Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Bratislava Vitaly Zhitnyuk confirmed to RIA Novosti the decision of the Slovak authorities to reduce the staff of the diplomatic mission by 35 people. According to Zhitnyuk, the employees of the Russian embassy who are being made redundant have been asked to leave the territory of Slovakia within one month, until April 30 inclusive. diplomats
