Embassy of Iceland in Moscow (Photo: Andrei Lyubimov / Moskva News Agency) |
"The current situation simply does not make it viable for the small foreign service of Iceland to operate an embassy in Russia," Foreign Minister Thordis Gylfadottir said.
AFP's bureau in Moscow said Iceland was the first country to make such a move.
The foreign ministry stressed that the decision "does not constitute a severance of diplomatic relations."