The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine sent a note to Belarus on the reduction of the Embassy of Belarus in Ukraine to five people. This was announced by the speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko in a comment to NV.
Diplomatic accreditation of other employees of the diplomatic institution is canceled. Now their stay, as well as the stay of their families in our country, is undesirable.
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The Foreign Ministry also announced the decision to annul the exequatur of the honorary consul of Belarus in Lvov.
This is in accordance with Article 25 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963.
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The Foreign Ministry also warned that all subsequent unfriendly steps by Belarus would receive a corresponding response from the Ukrainian side..
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Recall, on March 23, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry announced that the country's authorities had decided to expel some Ukrainian diplomats and close the Consulate General of Ukraine in Brest.