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United States backs Sweden over its dispute with Belarus

Thursday, 09 August 2012
The United States has back Sweden over Swedish stance against human rights abuses with the in Belarus. The US is itself also worried about the developments in that country in relations to the right of the people to freely express themselves

On Wednesday the Swedish foreign office confirmed according to Swedish television that Belarus has decided to close its embassy in Stockholm. That is a direct result of the diplomatic conflict between Sweden and Belarus where the Swedish ambassador in Minsk was expelled from the country last week.

The political crisis has aroused strong reactions in Sweden and around Europe. Even the U.S. state Department is deeply concerned about recent events.
"The United States supports Sweden and other European countries who want to help the Belarusian people to get a modern, democratic and prosperous future" announces America's Foreign Ministry spokesman Patrick Ventrell.

"We once again calls on Belarus to release immediately and recognize all political prisoners, and to end the repression of civil society and democratic opposition," said U.S. State Department in a statement according to AFP, report Swedish television

It was last Friday that the Swedish Foreign Minister, Carl Bildt announced that Belarus had expelled the Swedish Ambassador Stefan Eriksson, who has been ambassador in Minsk since 2008. The reason was partly because of Eriksson's previous contacts with the opposition in Belarus.

In response, Carl Bildt announced that "the proposed new Belarusian ambassador in Sweden was not welcome here", as a result of the incident.

On Wednesday, then came the news that the Belarus had decided to close its embassy in Stockholm and Sweden will also be asked to close its embassy in Minsk in the near future.

"He's acting like the bully. Why things escalate in this way, I do not know. It's no secret that they were highly annoyed by our democracy programs for a long time and so their anger over this now has exploded," said Carl Bildt to the Swedish news agency,  TT on Wednesday.

EU ambassadors in Brussels on Friday will hold a crisis meeting on the occasion of Belarus' decision to expel all Swedish diplomats.
The aim is to adopt "appropriate measures", said an EU source to AFP, reports Swedish television.
by Scancomark.se Team


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