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2021.08.11 21:03 GMT+8

Belarus tells U.S. to cut embassy staff by Sept. 1, RIA says

Updated 2021.08.11 21:03 GMT+8
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Belarus has told the United States to reduce its embassy staff in Minsk and revoked its consent to the appointment of Julie Fisher as the ambassador in response to the latest sanctions by Washington, Russia's RIA news agency reported on Wednesday.

RIA quoted a Belarus foreign ministry spokesman as saying Minsk wants embassy staff reduced to five people by September 1.

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