U.S. Embassy told to cut staff
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From Times Wire Reports
Belarus has asked the United States to cut staff at its embassy in Minsk, a week after Washington’s envoy temporarily left the former Soviet state that the U.S. and European Union says violates human rights.
A statement from the Foreign Ministry did not give a reason for the demand.
U.S. Ambassador Karen Stewart’s departure last Tuesday followed two requests that she leave Belarus over what Minsk called new U.S. sanctions against the national oil products firm. U.S. officials said Stewart’s departure was for consultations only.
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