Two members of the Embassy s staff are declared personae non gratae
VILNIUS, May 28. /TASS/. The Lithuanian authorities have declared two staff members of the Belarusian Embassy personae non gratae, Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. Today, on May 28, a representative of the Embassy of Belarus in Lithuania was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and handed in a diplomatic note, declaring two members of the Embassy s staff personae non gratae, the ministry said in a statement.
According to the Foreign Ministry, Lithuania is expelling them for activities incompatible with their diplomatic status.
It noted that the diplomats are required to leave Lithuania within seven days.
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The Ryanair flight from Athens arrives in Vilnius after being forcibly diverted to Minsk. / E. Blaževič/LRT
On Monday, Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry urged its citizens currently in Belarus to leave the country due to the danger to the lives of civilians posed by the regime in Minsk.
The ministry has also advised against all travel to Belarus after Alexander Lukashenko’s regime forcibly diverted a Vilnius-bound Ryanair flight to Minsk, where a Belarusian journalist and his partner were detained by the authorities.
The ministry issued a statement on Monday, saying it strongly recommends Lithuanian citizens against all travel to the Republic of Belarus and urges all Lithuanian citizens in Belarus to leave the country .
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