BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
30/12/2007
Belarus President Threatens To Expel US Ambassador
MINSK, Belarus (AFP)--Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday threatened to expel the U.S. ambassador to Minsk if Washington tightens sanctions against what it calls Belarus's "oppressive" regime.
"As soon as sanctions are imposed that are fundamental to our economy, we will react in the most severe manner," Lukashenko said in comments broadcast on Channel One television.
"The first person to be thrown out will be the ambassador of the United States," said Lukashenko, who went on to warn of damage to U.S. interests "not only in Belarus."
The U.S. last month imposed sanctions on Belarus's largest petrochemical company, Belneftekhim, on the grounds that it was under the control of the " oppressive" Lukashenko.
Washington also has a visa ban in place on top officials in the country, which U.S. officials have described as "Europe's last dictatorship" due to political repression and human rights abuses.
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