Belarus withdraws its agrément for U.S. Ambassador to Belarus Julie Fisher

Belarus has withdrawn its agrément for U.S. Ambassador to Belarus Julie Fisher. The United States was also asked to reduce its embassy staff in Minsk to five people by 1 September, BelTA learned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.

“…Today we summoned U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Ruben Harutyunyan to communicate to him the information about Belarus’ measures in response to the unfriendly and even aggressive actions of the United States,” spokesman for the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Glaz said.

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“Therefore, it is a pity that the brazen and openly hostile actions of the United States and some of its individual representatives, that hardly fit the concept of diplomacy and professionalism, have eroded the gains achieved by their predecessors and forced us to withdraw the previously issued agrément for U.S. Ambassador-Designate to Belarus Julie Fisher,” Anatoly Glaz said.