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Sweden ordered to close embassy

Belarus has ordered Sweden to close its embassy in Minsk by the end of the month. The move comes only days after president Alexander Lukashenko’s regime forced the Swedish ambassador out of the country.

It is the latest in a series of diplomatic spats between Belarus and other nations over the country’s human rights record.


 
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