June 04, 2021 20:41 PM
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Graz
[China News Service]Minsk News: Regarding the US sanctions against Belarus, on the 3rd, Belarusian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Graz announced measures to respond to the US side.
According to news from the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on the 3rd, Graz stated that the response measures implemented by the United States include reducing the number of American diplomatic and administrative technicians in Belarus, tightening visa procedures, restricting the work of American experts in Belarus, and withdrawing the relevant United States Agency for International Development. Decision to start work in Belarus.
Graz said that the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had summoned the US Chargé d’affaires in Belarus that day and announced the above measures to it.
Graz said that White has no intention of escalating the situation and is willing to continue to engage with the US based on the principles of equality and mutual respect.
On May 23, a passenger plane of Irish Ryanair made an emergency landing in Belarus on the way from Athens, Greece to Vilnius, Lithuania. After landing, the White police took away the opposition figures on the plane. Some countries accuse the Belarusian authorities of forced landing on international flights, which Belarus denies. Since then, the United States announced that it will impose sanctions on nine state-owned enterprises in Belarus starting June 3.
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