BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

30/04/2008

Ten U.S. diplomats to leave Belarus

MINSK (Reuters) - Ten U.S. diplomats are to leave Belarus within 72 hours on the orders of the ex-Soviet state's authorities, the U.S. charge d'affaires said on Wednesday.

"The foreign ministry provided a list of 10 diplomats which must leave the country in the course of 72 hours," Jonathan Moore told reporters after being summoned to the ministry. He said 15 diplomats were now in Minsk.

"We will do everything possible so that the U.S. diplomats leave the country within the required time limit."

(Reporting by Andrei Makhovsky, Writing by Ron Popeski, editing by Ralph Boulton)

Source:

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL3057154720080430

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