Belarus has sent the ambassador of Sweden
“The Lukashenko regime expelled the Swedish ambassador to Belarus due to excessive support for human rights. Outrageous. Shows the nature of the regime, ”wrote Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on his Twitter microblog.
“We have already reported that we do not welcome the presence of the new ambassador of Belarus in Sweden and have now asked two more diplomats to leave the country,” added Bildt.
Meanwhile, according to TUT.BY, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus is currently preparing to make a statement. However, a spokesman Andrei Savinykh said: "We did not send him out."
Meanwhile, Charge d'Affaires of Sweden in Belarus, Jon Brante, said that Stephen Eriksson had already left the republic, RIA "reportsNews».
“Mr. Ambassador has already left Belarus,” he said, without becoming telling about the reasons for his expulsion, promising that it would be done later.
According to the newspaper VIEW, on Thursday in the incident with a Swedish aircraft that violated the airspace of Belarus and dropped plush toys, President Alexander Lukashenko of the republic accused the border guards.
Earlier, Lukashenko confirmed the fact of July 4’s unlawful intrusion into the country's airspace of a foreign light-engined aircraft and fired the head of the State Border Committee and the Air Force commander and air defense forces, who could not properly ensure the security of the country.
Recall, July 4 Swedish media spread the information that the plane, piloted by the subjects of the kingdom, threw hundreds of teddy bears over Minsk. Leaflets with slogans in support of freedom of speech were attached to the toys.
The plane, according to The Local, flew from the territory of neighboring Lithuania and, without permission, entered the airspace of Belarus. However, the flight, which lasted about one and a half hours, ended without incident.
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