Belarus has asked Sweden to pull its diplomats out of Minsk after it said it is withdrawing all of its embassy staff from Stockholm, a statement said. “The Belarusian side has been forced to make the decision to recall its embassy staff from Sweden and return all of the staff to Belarus,” a statement from the Belarusian Foreign Ministry said. “The process is already underway.” The statement added that Sweden is advised to withdraw its embassy staff from Minsk by August 30, according to the Russian (RIA Novosti) News Agency. The move comes just over month after a Swedish light plane dropped hundreds of teddy bears bearing pro-democracy slogans over Belarus. Belarus earlier refused to renew the accreditation of Sweden’s ambassador, Stefan Eriksson. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko sacked a number of top officials over the teddy bear stunt, which took place on July 4. Lukashenko, in power since 1994, has been accused by western governments of cracking down violently on dissent.
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