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Latvian Foreign Ministry urged its citizens to refrain from traveling to Belarus, reports TASS. Given the security situation, we particularly urge to assess the need to travel to Belarus. In addition, the strict migration rules have been further tightened. They may affect our citizens, as well as Belarusians who have a permanent residence permit in Latvia, said Foreign Ministry spokesman
Janis Bekeris in an interview with Latvian television.
Minsk opens criminal case against Riga Mayor, Latvian top diplomat over flag incident
The actions of the Riga Mayor perceived as directed at inciting national hostility on the basis of national identity
MINSK, May 28. /TASS/. Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrei Shved has initiated a criminal case against Riga Mayor Martins Stakis and Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics following the incident with the Belarusian national flag, the republic’s office of the Prosecutor General reported on Friday.
Read also Having reviewed reports of a serious crime against Belarus’ interests made public by news outlets and web resources, the Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrei Shved opened a criminal case against the Mayor of Riga Martins Stakis and Latvia’s Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics for deliberate acts committed by them, directed at inciting national hostility on the basis of national identity according to Part 3, Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, t
Two countries to take reciprocal actions against diplomats until the bilateral relations normalize
MINSK, May 26. /TASS/. Belarus acted like a sovereign state by expelling Latvian diplomats after the national flag incident in Riga, President Alexander Lukashenko said Wednesday, according to BelTA.
Read also Belarus acted like a sovereign national state does, the Belarusian leader told lawmakers and state officials.
Earlier, Riga Mayor Martins Stakis and Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics publicly replaced the national flag of Belarus with a white, red, and white one, used by the Belarusian opposition, in the city, which hosts the Ice Hockey World Cup. Minsk viewed this as a desecration of the national flag and proposed that the Latvian Ambassador and all embassy employees leave the country within 48 hours. In response, the Latvian Foreign Ministry announced reciprocal actions against Belarusian diplomats until the bilateral relations normalize.