Ambassador Latvia Einers Semyanis is proposed to leave Belarus during the day. This was told by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makay, reports Telegram-channel “Sputnik near abroad.”
Semyanis is proposed to leave the country within 24 hours. In addition to him, all diplomatic personnel will be expelled from Belarus, with the exception of one technical staff of the Latvian Embassy.
Makay explained that Semaanis was invited to the Office in connection with the insult of the State Flag of Belarus in Riga, he was decisive protest.
Earlier, the Mayor of Riga Martins Stakis, together with the Foreign Minister Latvia Edgar Rinkevich, replaced the Belarusian flag on the white-red-white stamp with the “pursuit”. The city currently passes the World Hockey Championship.
On March 22, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the Belarusian genocide was held under the white-red and white flags during the Great Patriotic War. Prior to that, he approved amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses (CACAP), according to which citizens will be discharged for the use of prohibited symbolism.
One of the symbols of protests in Belarus is a white-red and white banner (Bel. “Bel-Chyrvona-Bella Citguod”, BCB). In 1991-1995, it was the state flag of the republic. At the 1995 referendum, most Belarusians voted to replace him with a red-green, resembling the flag of the Belarusian SSR. Lukashenko, who accepted in the 1994th presidential oath under the white-red and white flag, believes that it is directly related to the Nazis.