US Ambassador left Belarus

On Wednesday, US Ambassador to Belarus Karen Stuart left Minsk and went to Washington, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the press service of the American diplomatic mission. "The absence of Stuart is temporary, it still remains the US ambassador to Belarus," the embassy noted. “The United States Policy regarding Belarus has not changed,” the diplomats said.

Nevertheless, “only after the release without preliminary conditions of all political prisoners, the United States will be ready to consider the following steps in improving bilateral relations,” added in the representative office. At the end of February, the US State Department was distributed by the US State Department, which demanded that the opposition Alexander Kozulin release.

Recall that on March 7, official Minsk accused the US of Washington "violated the coordinated algorithm of actions to normalize relations" and introduced additional economic sanctions against Belneftekhim concern enterprises. In this regard, Belarus said about the recall to consult her ambassador to the United States and urgently recommended that the United States’s ambassador to Minsk Karen Stuart leave Belarus "for the same purpose." Back in December 2007, President Alexander Lukashenko threatened to “throw it out” if Washington expands sanctions against the republic.