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Estelle Nilsson-Julien

Belarus expels Czech diplomat in tit-for-tat move after Prague makes spy ring accusations

Belarus' Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned a senior Polish diplomat and ordered a Czech diplomat to leave the country within 72 hours on Friday, in a tit-for-tat move which comes after both countries expelled Belarusian diplomats on espionage grounds earlier this month.

In a statement issued on Friday, Belarus' Foreign Ministry said that "the current situation has been caused by the Czech authorities' years of cultivating a biased attitude towards Belarus."

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