OREANDA-NEWS The Norwegian Foreign Ministry on Thursday declared 15 employees of the Russian embassy "persona non grata" in connection with suspicion of espionage, the Norwegian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"The government has decided to declare persona non grata 15 Russian intelligence officers who worked under diplomatic cover in Norway. These intelligence officers should leave Norway soon," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

They stressed that Norway will not issue visas to "intelligence officers."