Turkey has started evacuating its embassy staff from the Ukrainian capital kyiv and is relocating them to Chernivtsi near the Romanian border. An official said Turkey was “evacuating embassy staff [from Kyiv] For safety reasons’ [source: Getty] Turkey has started evacuating staff from its embassy in Kyiv as Russian troopsRead More →
Oluwasegun Babalola with agency report Posted March 11, 2022 Turkey has started evacuating staff from its embassy in Kyiv as Russian troops closed in on the Ukrainian capital, an official told AFP on Friday. The advance of Russian forces continued on Friday against the capital Kiev, which risks being completelyRead More →
Ukrainian staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, who expressed frustration with the lack of support they received from the State Department, were told that their security concerns and demands immigration assistance were taken into account. Kristina Kvien, the top U.S. diplomat assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, sentRead More →
WASHINGTON — Nearly 400 State Department personnel have urged Department leadership to do more to help locally hired Ukrainian embassy staff who were left behind when Russian troops invaded. In an emailed letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Service officers and other staff criticized what they described asRead More →
Growing concern over tensions between Russia and Ukraine has prompted many countries to order their foreign service representatives to evacuate the region. Russian President Vladimir Putin insists he has no intention of invading the former Soviet state, according to a report by Reuters. However, the growing military presence in BelarusRead More →
(MENAFN- UkrinForm) At this time, Spain has no plans to evacuate its embassy staff and their family members from Kyiv. Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation José Manuel Albares Bueno said this during a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, reports Ukrinform with reference toRead More →
At this time, Spain has no plans to evacuate its embassy staff and their family members from Kyiv. Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation José Manuel Albares Bueno said this during a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, reports Ukrinform with reference to the pressRead More →
Boris Johnson has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that a possible invasion of Ukraine would be “disastrous”, as the UK begins to withdraw staff from its embassy in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital. Johnson’s assessment of the “pretty grim” situation comes amid new intelligence that has emerged suggesting that Russia isRead More →
Russia on Wednesday announced it was ordering U.S. embassy staff who have been in Moscow for more than three years to return home by Jan.31, in retaliation against what Moscow called a U.S. move to limit mandates of Russian diplomats. The move, the latest in a diplomatic escalation, comes afterRead More →
The United States has condemned the continued detention of Yemeni staff at its embassy in Sana’a by the Houthi rebels. Dozens of Yemeni citizens and their families have been detained and abused by the Iranian-aligned Houthis for working for the United States on an interim basis since the embassy closedRead More →
DOHA (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – November 23, 2021) The rebels of the Houthi movement who rule northern Yemen continue to detain a number of officials at the US embassy in Sana’a, Al Arabiya television reported on Monday, citing reports of sources. According to the broadcaster’s sources, the Houthis haveRead More →
The State Department on Thursday called on Iran-backed Houthi rebels to release Yemeni embassy staff from the United States, fighters detained in the northern city of Sana’a after breaching the compound in the country ravaged by war. Details: In an emailed statement, a State Department spokesperson also called on theRead More →
Most of the detainees have been released, but Yemeni rebels continue to detain an unknown number of U.S. Embassy employees in Sana’a, a U.S. official said. The United States has called on the Houthi rebels in Yemen to release an unknown number of detained Yemenis who work for the AmericanRead More →
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends meeting with youth leaders in Bogota, Colombia on October 21, 2021. REUTERS / Luisa Gonzalez / Pool / File Photo Register now for FREE and unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BOGOTA, Oct.21 (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday metRead More →
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Police are investigating a complaint that staff at the Vietnamese Embassy in Wellington are asking for money to help Vietnamese nationals seek help during the Covid-19 pandemic. “I can confirm that we have received a report and that we are conducting an investigation,” said a police spokeswoman. Hung Truong, whoRead More →
The foreign ministry defended staff at its embassy in Kabul after documents identifying Afghan workers and job seekers were left behind. The select foreign affairs committee is set to open an investigation after a Times reporter on Tuesday found newspapers containing the contact details of seven Afghans, during a tourRead More →
Russia plans to partially evacuate staff from its embassy in Kabul following swift Taliban takeover of Afghan capital, foreign ministry official says noted On Monday. The US military evacuated its embassy staff and other foreigners on Sunday as insurgent group forces entered Kabul and the Afghan government collapsed. At leastRead More →
WASHINGTON (AP) – Just weeks before the United States ends its war in Afghanistan, the Biden administration is sending 3,000 fresh troops to Kabul airport to help with a partial evacuation of the American embassy. The move highlights the astonishing speed of a Taliban takeover of much of the country,Read More →
Belarus has revoked its consent to the appointment of Julie Fisher as US ambassador and has ordered a reduction in staff at the US embassy in Minsk, the European country’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. from the east. The measures were announced two days after President Joe Biden’s administration, inRead More →
through: Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Job : August 11, 2021 / 7:35 p.m. EDT / Update: August 11, 2021 / 7:35 p.m. EDT Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures during an annual news conference in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. Belarus’ authoritarian leader accused on Monday that the opposition wasRead More →
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus on Wednesday rescinded its clearance for the appointment of the U.S. ambassador and asked the United States to cut staff at its embassy in retaliation for Washington sanctions. President Joe Biden’s administration slapped Belarus with new sanctions on Monday, the anniversary of last year’s electionRead More →
The regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has responded to the latest round of US sanctions by asking Washington to cut staff at its embassy in Minsk to five by September 1. Belarusian Foreign Ministry spokesman Anatol Hlaz said in an interview posted on the ministry’s website on August 11Read More →
MOSCOW, Aug.11 (Reuters) – Belarus has called on the United States to cut staff at its embassy in Minsk and has revoked its consent to the appointment of Julie Fisher as ambassador in response to the latest Washington sanctions, the United States said on Wednesday. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. InRead More →
The United States said on Friday it had laid off nearly 200 local employees working for its diplomatic missions in Russia before the August 1 deadline set by the Kremlin for their dismissal. The move is the latest in a series of measures taken by both sides that have strainedRead More →
WASHINGTON President Joe Biden took action on Monday to respond to a historic wave of protests in Cuba, ordering the State Department to consider an increase in staff at the U.S. Embassy in Havana and forming a task force who will review remittances for Cuban families. The administration’s new politicalRead More →
In a statement announcing the decision on Thursday, the Belarusian foreign ministry said it was reducing the number of “diplomatic and administrative-technical” staff at the embassy, without specifying the number of staff who will be affected. The ministry’s press secretary Anatoly Glaz said that in addition to the reduction inRead More →
MINSK – Belarus has announced that it is reducing the authorized number of diplomats and other staff at the U.S. Embassy in Minsk and tightening visa procedures for U.S. citizens, in response to American sanctions imposed on this Eastern European country following a radical repression of the opposition. Foreign MinistryRead More →