Hoge Vertegenwoordiger Catherine Ashton raadpleegt EU-ambassadeurs in Polen en Wit-Rusland (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Raad van de Europese Unie (Raad) i, gepubliceerd op dinsdag 28 februari 2012.

EUROPEAN UNION

Brussels, 28 February 2012

Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton i on the request of the Belarusian authorities that the EU Head of Delegation and Polish Ambassador to Minsk leave the country

Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, made today the following statement:

"Following today's request by the Belarusian authorities that the Head of the EU Delegation in Minsk and the Ambassador of Poland to Belarus leave the country, I have decided, in coordination with Foreign Minister Sikorski, that we will recall for consultations our two ambassadors.

At the same time, I have called a meeting of Member States Ambassadors (PSC) in Brussels today to coordinate our response. In an expression of solidarity and unity, it was agreed that the ambassadors of the EU Member States in Minsk will all be withdrawn for consultations to their capitals. All EU Member States will also summon Belarusian ambassadors to their foreign ministries.

We will continue to follow the situation closely."

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