The USA has been forced to reduce the number of employees of the diplomatic mission in Belarus at the request of the authorities of the republic. About this It is reported in Twitter of the American Embassy in Minsk.
According to the representative office, the reduction of the diplomatic mission was carried out under pressure from the regime of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and its unwittingly cooperate with representatives of democratic forces.
“An even more American diplomats were forced to leave Belarus today due to the unsuccessful decision to limit the interaction and dialogue,” the publication says. Despite this, American diplomats emphasized the US intention to support the Belarusian people in the struggle for democracy and freedom.
On August 11, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus withdrew the previously issued consent to the appointment of Julie Fisher Ambassador of the United States in Minsk. In addition, in the department offered Washington until September 1 to reduce the number of his embassy to five people.
Fisher was appointed ambassador in December 2020. At the same time, since 2008, there was no American ambassador in Belarus. Representative offices of the two countries headed temporary attorneys. The parties recalled ambassadors after the sanctions entered in relation to Minsk.
Relations between Belorussia and the West once again aggravated after in May of this year in Minsk made an emergency landing airline Ryanair, flying from Athens to Vilnius. The dispatcher informed about the bomb laid on board. Later, the threat of the explosion was not confirmed. After landing, the airliner was detained by the ex-head of the opposition telegram channel NEXTA Roman Protasevich.