{"id":43871,"date":"2022-09-23T22:26:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T19:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/estonia-blasts-belarus-decision-to-slash-embassy-staff\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"estonia-blasts-belarus-decision-to-slash-embassy-staff","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43871\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonia blasts Belarus\u2019 decision to slash embassy staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>September 23, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The Estonian foreign minister has strongly criticized Belarus\u2019 decision to reduce embassy staff to two.<\/p>\n<p> The decision makes it even clearer that the Belarusian regime has a criminal face, Urmas Reinsalu said, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vm.ee\/en\/news\/foreign-ministry-receives-note-belarusian-embassy-reducing-diplomatic-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">quoted<\/a> by the Estonian foreign office website.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cEstonia will always support the democratic aspirations of the opposition and civil society in Belarus to make sure the violations of human rights and international law do not go unnoticed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> He added that the regime was complicit in Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis is why we must ramp up the sanctions against the regime, continue isolating the country internationally and work towards legal accountability because the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime must not feel it has impunity,\u201d Reinsalu said.<\/p>\n<p> On September 23, Belarus said it was recalling its ambassador to Estonia for consultations.<\/p>\n<p> It requested the Estonian government reduce diplomatic presence in Belarus to one consular officer and one administrator.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cSimilarly, the Belarusian side will reduce its diplomatic presence in Estonia,\u201d the Belarusian foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n<p> Estonia does not have an ambassador in Minsk and is represented by a&nbsp;charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 23, BPN. 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