MINSK, 11 Aug The Belarusian Foreign Ministry has withdrawn its earlier consent to the appointment of Julie Fischer as US Ambassador to Minsk, press secretary of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry Anatoly Glaz told RIA Novosti. On Monday, August 9, the United States imposed additional sanctions against Minsk against more than 40 individuals and structures of Belarus. … In this regard, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry reported that the republic would conduct a thorough assessment of the sanctions and take adequate retaliatory measures. On Wednesday, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry held a meeting with the US Charge d'Affaires in Belarus Ruben Harutyunyan, during which the Belarusian side informed the American side about the retaliatory measures to the sanctions.
The Foreign Ministry of Belarus told how the United States planned to expand the borders of NATO «It is a pity that the impudent and openly hostile actions of the American side, as well as the actions of its individual representatives that do not fall under the notion of diplomacy and professionalism, destroyed the practices of our predecessors and forced us to withdraw the previously issued consent of the Republic of Belarus to the appointment of Fischer as the US ambassador to our country, «the spokesman said. He noted that «the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations clarifies such situations, so there should be no misunderstanding here.» «But, if necessary, we will explain,» the agency's interlocutor emphasized. The Foreign Ministry spokesman noted that «countries have come a long way in recent years to bring diplomatic relations to a more or less acceptable level,» therefore the current situation is regrettable.
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