Belarusian ambassador asks to be recalled from Slovakia

Belarusian Ambassador to Slovakia Igor Leshchenya, who supported the people protesting against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's re-election last weekend, has filed a request to be released from his post, Belarusian news portal Tut.by reported on Tuesday. "I've actually asked to be released from the post. It's a logical step, as I was appointed as an ambassador by the current president, and I'm expected to pursue policy defined by him," Leshchenya told Tut.by. "The Foreign Affairs Ministry [in Minsk] assumes that the stance that I expressed in my statement went beyond this framework."