The ambassador in Russia will be the only official representative to express the support of the government, Julie Bishop, the Australian foreign minister, said as quoted by ESPN.
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On the day that the Australian government announced that it is expelling two Russian diplomats in response to the nerve agent attack in Britain, Bishop also warned that the Socceroos could be withdrawn from the World Cup – which takes place in Russia this summer – as they consider further actions against the nation.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Tuesday that the Australian government had made no fewer than four offers to help Nigeria find the schoolgirls, who were kidnapped by the radical Islamist group in April last year