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BCHB-flag instead of the official flag in Riga
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Minsk decided to expel the Latvian diplomats due to the replacement of the Belarusian flag for the white-red-white at the World Ice Hockey Championship in Riga.
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry demanded that Latvian diplomats leave the country. This was announced on Monday, May 24, by the head of the department Vladimir Makei. BELTA.
“The ambassador has been handed a corresponding note of protest. We cannot leave such provocative actions unanswered. Therefore, the ambassador was asked to leave Belarus within 24 hours, the entire diplomatic and administrative-technical staff were also asked to leave Belarus within 48 hours and leave one administrative and technical staff here. an employee to care for the building, “he said.
This decision was made due to the fact that the Mayor of Riga Martins Stakis and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgar Rinkevich replaced the state flag of Belarus with white-red-white symbols at the World Ice Hockey Championship.
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“We cannot leave such provocative actions unanswered,” Makei said.
“We are surprised that such actions are being carried out against the background of Belarus’s statements about its readiness to conduct a transparent open investigation of the Ryanair incident with the participation of international experts. Against this background, not only some political accusatory statements are made against Belarus, but concrete actions are also being taken. provocations, “the head of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry added.
He noted that Minsk is ready for Latvia’s response to the expulsion of diplomats.
Recall Belarus also got into a scandal with an emergency landing of a Ryanair passenger plane, which was heading from Athens to Vilnius. After the landing of the liner, Roman Protasevich, the founder of the NEXTA Telegram channel, recognized as extremist in the republic, was detained.
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