Latvian Ambassador Waits For Letters of Credence’ Giving For Three Months :: Charter'97 :: News

Having arrived to Minsk in the beginning of August, Latvian Ambassador in Belarus Maira Mora has not given her for letters of credence to Alyaksandar Lukashenka. Minsk diplomats remember the record of American Ambassador Michael Kozak, who had been waiting for audience with president for several months.

Soon after Radio Svaboda informed that Latvian Ambassador cannot give even copies of her letters of credence to the Foreign Minister of Belarus, he invited her and received her copies. However, to finish the procedure of accreditation she is to hand over letters of credence to the head of state.

The Belarusian FM press secretary, Andrei Savinykh, could not say when the Ambassador of Latvia is to be received by Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

Riga turns attention to the fact that the national holiday of Latvia approaching – Independence Day on November 18. All Ambassadors of Latvia all over the world organize receptions on this occasion. Will Maira Mora become real Ambassador in these ten days? Unofficially the Belarusian FM informed that her meeting with Lukashenka is planned only for December because of very busy schedule of the president.