BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

21/05/2008

US charge d'affaires visits Belarusian president's administration

MINSK, May 21 (Itar-Tass) -- U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Belarus Jonathan Moore visited the administration of the Belarusian president on Wednesday.

He confirmed this but declined to provide details, saying he had to report them to the American government first.

Belarusian-American relations deteriorated after the United States had imposed economic sanctions on Belarus' Belnefetkhim company in November 2007.

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry responded by demanding that the staff of the U.S. embassy in Minsk be reduced to five people.

In May, 11 American diplomats declared persona non-grata left Belarus.

Source:

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=12702849&PageNum=0

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