Equatorial Guinea to close embassy in London

FILE PHOTO: Equatorial Guinea's Second Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue addresses a plenary meeting of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York September 26, 2015.. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz/File Photo

DAKAR (Reuters) -Equatorial Guinea will close its diplomatic mission in London, the country's foreign minister said on Monday, after Britain last week sanctioned the son of its president for misappropriating millions of dollars.

"The first decision that the Malabo executive has taken is the total closure of our diplomatic headquarters in London," Foreign Minister Simeon Oyono Esono said on state television.