US embassy to keep 17 diplomats in Minsk

The number of staff at the US Embassy in Minsk will have been reduced down to 17 people by 1500 on March 27 according to the demands from the Belarusian foreign ministry, US Charge d'Affaires in Belarus Jonathan Moore told Interfax.
. The diplomat noted that reduction would affect all the embassy's departments. The American mission would not elaborate on how soon Belarus citizens could have their US visa applications processed. "There is no answer to this question yet", the embassy told Interfax.