"Today, on 23 April, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned a representative of the Embassy of Russia to Lithuania and handed him a diplomatic note, declaring two members of the Embassy's staff personae non-gratae, because they had carried out activities incompatible with their diplomatic status, and giving them seven days to leave Lithuania," the minister announced.
In his words, the decision shows full solidarity with the ally after an unprecedented and dangerous incident in the Czech Republic and voiced its readiness to help the Embassy of the Czech Republic to Russia perform the functions that could be disrupted by Moscow's order to drastically reduce its staff.
The decision was made in close coordination with our Latvian and Estonian partners, Landsbergis said.
"As far as we know, Latvia and Estonia decided to expel one intelligence worker each, working under diplomatic cover," he said.
Last week, the Czech government reported, citing an intelligence report, that Russia's military intelligence agency (GRU) was behind two explosions in the country in 2014, with one killing two people and causing significant material damage.
Because of that, the Czech Republic expelled 18 Russian diplomats considering them secret agents. It also announced on Thursday that another 63 staff members of the Russian Embassy would have to leave Prague for the number of staff members at the Russian Embassy to be equal to the number of staff members at the Czech Embassy in Moscow.
The Czech government also asked partners for solidarity and to expel part of alleged agents working at Russian representations in EU and NATO capitals.
Earlier, Slovakia demonstrated solidarity with the Czech Republic and expelled three Russian diplomats.