The Council of Ministers of Belarus decided to stop the work of the Consulate General of the Republic in New York a day before the planned. The relevant document is published on Wednesday, October 20, at the national legal Internet portal.
“Close until October 20, 2021 Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in New York (United States of America),” the document says.
The Consulate Defender has previously reported that it will cease to work on October 21 at the request of the American side. In diplomatic representation, added that citizens of Belarus living on the territory of the consular district, after the closure of the Consulates will be able to contact the embassy located in Washington.
The relations of the two countries deteriorated in the summer of 2020. The suppression of prosthetic stocks Against the background of presidential elections in Belarus, caused a sharply negative assessment of the American government.
On August 11, 2021, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry withdrew the previously issued consent to the appointment of Julie Fisher US Ambassador in Minsk. In addition, the department was offered Washington until September 1 to reduce the number of the embassy to five people.
At the same time, since 2008, there was no American ambassador in Belarus. Representative offices of the two countries headed temporary attorneys. The parties recalled ambassadors after the sanctions entered in relation to Minsk.