Eleven US diplomats have left Belarus after a row with the former Soviet state over human rights and sanctions, according to an embassy official in the capital Minsk.
The official said Belarus authorities declared ten of the 11 diplomats persona non grata on Wednesday, and ordered them 11 US diplomats leave Belarus amid row ...
US expels Belarus diplomats ...
US diplomats must leave Belarus ...
Belarus orders out US diplomats ...
EU appeal over Belarus dissident ... to leave the country within 72 hours. Washington has warned Minsk it may ask Belarus diplomats to leave the US in retaliation for the expulsions. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled since 1994, has been accused of crushing freedom of speech and assembly. He is barred from travelling to the US and the European Union over allegations he rigged his 2006 re-election.
(Deutsche Welle)
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