Paris-Sana
Belarus today expelled the French ambassador to the country, Nicolas de Lacoste, according to a spokeswoman for the French embassy.
"Ambassador de Lacoste left the country after the authorities in Minsk asked him to leave by Monday," AFP quoted a spokeswoman for the French embassy in Minsk as saying, without explaining why the Belarusian authorities demanded the French ambassador to leave the country.
The statement added that de Lacoste bid farewell to the embassy staff and recorded a video message that will appear tomorrow morning on the embassy's website.
Reports in the Belarusian media indicated that de Lacoste did not meet with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to present his credentials.