Rogozin confirmed receipt of an official note on the expulsion of diplomats from Belgium.

KommentariiUdar oslepshego nosoroga30.04.2009NATO has expelled two Russian diplomats after spy revelations in EstoniiPostoyanny Russian representative to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said that Russia received an official note on the expulsion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium two Russian diplomats, said " Interfax. Accreditation denied senior adviser Victor Kochukov and attache Basil Chizhov.
Employees postpredstva accused of "carrying out espionage activities incompatible with diplomatic status."
Earlier, Belgian Foreign Ministry note has been received only by fax, which, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, was not considered a formal receipt.
According to some media, denial of accreditation of Russian diplomats was a reaction to the revelation of NATO in Estonia Russian spy Herman Simma, who had access to information about the North Atlantic Alliance.
In response to the actions of the Alliance of Russia threatened to expel from the head of the NATO Information Office Isabelle François, has the Canadian diplomatic passport. It was canceled a planned meeting between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with the Alliance in the framework of the Russia - NATO.
In March 2009, NATO announced the resumption of cooperation with Russia, interrupted by the war in South Ossetia in August 2008. However, in late April, the relationship between the parties once again became strained because of the upcoming NATO exercises in May in Georgia.