Sweden diplomats expelled from Belarus

Sweden said Wednesday all of its diplomats had been expelled from Belarus, five days after the ex-Soviet state expelled the Swedish ambassador in a move Stockholm linked to his pro-rights stance.

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Published 8 August 2012 6:31pm

Updated 26 August 2013 10:48am

Source: AFP

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President Alexander Lukashenko "is now throwing all Swedish diplomats out of Belarus. His fear of human rights reaching new heights," Foreign Minister Carl Bildt wrote on Twitter, a message confirmed by the foreign ministry.

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