EU recalls ambassadors to Belarus over rigths record
Tensions between authoritarian Belarus and the West soared Tuesday as the European Union announced it was recalling all its ambassadors to the former Soviet republic in response to Belarus asking the EU and Polish ambassadors to leave.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton made the announcement of the bloc-wide withdrawal late Tuesday, hours after the Belarusian foreign ministry said the EU and Polish ambassadors should leave. (AP)
