BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

30/04/2008

Belarus orders out US diplomats

Belarus has ordered a number of US diplomats to leave the country.

The ex-Soviet republic's move on Wednesday came amid a row over human rights violations in Belarus.

The Belarus foreign ministry summoned the US ambassador and presented a list of diplomats "declared persona non gratae and required to leave".

Belarus said its embassy staff in Washington had been cut to six, but that the US had not reduced its staff in Belarus "in the same way"

Source:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7375778.stm

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