The former presidential candidate of Belarus Svetlana Tihanov reacted to reducing the state of the American embassy in Minsk. The politician promised that all the diplomats leaving the country would return to Democratic Belarus. Her words leads the Telegram channel “BelSAT”.
Tikhanovskaya also expressed gratitude to all those who leave Belarusian Embassy and International Development Agency, as well as employees of the American Center in Minsk. The remaining staff of the US diplomatic mission, she asked to continue work for the benefit of Belarusians.
“Our people sees and appreciates your continued support,” – characterized by the Tikhanov activities of American representatives.
Earlier in the US Embassy in Minsk, they stated that they would continue to support the values of democracy and human rights in Belarus, despite the new working conditions. The current authorities in Minsk demanded to dismiss 20 employees of the diplomatic mission, as well as to close the representative office of the US International Development Agency and the American Center.
Diplomatic conflict between the two countries lasts since last year, when the United States of America did not recognize the results of the presidential elections in Belarus and negatively responded to the tough suppression of protests with the president Alexander Lukashenko.