Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Janis Bekeris told TASS that Latvia is expelling the Ambassador of Belarus and all diplomats of the Belarusian embassy in response to Minsk’s demand that the Ambassador of Latvia and all representatives of the Latvian embassy leave Belarus.

“We can affirm that Ambassador of Latvia to Belarus Ejnars Semanis was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus today and informed about the demand of the Belarusian side. In response to this decision, the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Charge d’Affaires of Belarus in Latvia so that the latter can inform the Belarusian side about the decision against Belarusian diplomats until the Belarusian-Latvian relations are normalized,” Bekeris said.