Foreign Ministry of Belarus withdrew the previously issued consent to the appointment of Julie Fisher Ambassador of the United States in Minsk. Such a decision, the press service of the foreign policy department reported, was taken in response to the sanctions introduced by the United States.
In the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relationships, a spokesman for the Belarusian Foreign Ministry Anatoly Eye, such situations are prescribed. “Therefore, it should not be misunderstanding here. But, if you need, we will explain,” said the eye.
Post of the US ambassador to Belarus Vakanten since 2008. In December 2020, the US State Department approved Julie Fisher to this post, but she did not arrive in Belarus, and its accreditation was still not completed as ambassador, noted in the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.