Belarus tells EU, Polish envoys to leave
Wednesday February 29, 2012 08:16:12 AM,
IANS
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Brussels: The European
Union decided to withdraw all of its envoys to Belarus after the
latter asked the head of the EU delegation to Belarus and the
Polish ambassador to leave the country.
Catherine Ashton, the foreign policy chief of the European Union (EU),
said Tuesday member states have decided to recall their
ambassadors to Minsk, Xinhua reported.
"Following today's request by the Belarusian authorities that the
Head of the EU Delegation in Minsk and the Ambassador of Poland to
Belarus leave the country, I have decided, in coordination with
(Polish) Foreign Minister Sikorski, that we will recall for
consultations our two ambassadors," Ashton said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Ashton called a meeting of member states' ambassadors
in Brussels Tuesday to coordinate the bloc's response.
"In an expression of solidarity and unity, it was agreed that the
ambassadors of the EU Member States in Minsk will all be withdrawn
for consultations to their capitals. All EU Member States will
also summon Belarusian ambassadors to their foreign ministries,"
she said.
Minsk told ambassadors of EU and Poland Tuesday to leave Belarus
in response to newly approved EU sanctions against the country.
The sanctions, adopted by EU's foreign affairs council Monday,
include travel restrictions on 21 judges and senior police
officers who should be "responsible for serious violations of
human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic
opposition."
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