MINSK, 2 Sep. Against the background of US sanctions, Belarus does not see any reason to send its ambassador to this country, although the appropriate candidacy has been determined, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said on Thursday. “Relations with the United States, like with any other state, are always relevant for us. engaged in the selection of the ambassador to the United States of America. Moreover, I want to say that we have this candidacy. But in the current conditions, of course, it makes no sense to send our ambassador to the United States in connection with the sanctions actions that were taken by this country in relation to to Belarus, “Makei told reporters.
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry offered the United States to reduce the number of the embassy in Minsk. At the same time, the minister stressed that it was Washington that imposed sanctions against Minsk and initiated “rather drastic steps.” According to Makei, Belarus was forced “to give an adequate response to the aggressive steps that were taken.” “Under these conditions, we naturally did not consider it possible to have such an ambassador in Belarus as Mrs. (Julie) Fischer, and recalled the agreman. that, not having time to arrive in the country, she has already made so many insulting statements against Belarus and its people that her stay here in this situation would not be appropriate, “the head of the department explained. Makei also noted that he was observing the behavior of some employees of the US embassy. “Look at the site. This is not the site of a foreign establishment, which is designed to analyze the situation in the country, to strengthen relations between states, which is what diplomacy is doing. This is some kind of propaganda campaign against the current government … These are absolutely hostile actions towards Belarus. it is not about any strengthening of sovereignty and independence, which our American partners are always trying to tell us about, “the minister said.
At the end of January, Makei announced that Belarus would soon decide on the candidacy of a new Belarusian ambassador to the United States, there are several options. Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic Oleg Kravchenko, appointed ambassador to Washington, died suddenly in December 2020. He did not manage to leave Minsk for work in the United States, although the United States had previously stated that it did not recognize the presidential elections held in August 2020 in Belarus as legitimate, in which, according to the CEC, Alexander Lukashenko won for the sixth time. Minsk's relations with Western countries have deteriorated sharply. The EU, UK, USA, Canada and a number of other countries gradually introduced sanctions against Belarusian officials and enterprises, accusing Minsk of election violations and human rights violations. Amid increasing sanctions pressure, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry withdrew its earlier consent to the appointment of Julie Fisher as US Ambassador … In addition, at the request of the Belarusian side, the American diplomatic mission was forced to reduce its staff to five people. The embassies of the two countries are currently headed by attorneys after the ambassadors were mutually recalled in 2008.
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