Stonewalled by Minsk, US ambassador to Belarus will reside in Vilnius
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Julie Fisher (centre) and Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. / D. Umbrasas/LRT
Julie Fisher, the US ambassador to Belarus, will temporarily reside in Vilnius as she does not have a visa to travel to Minsk, Lithuanian Deputy Foreign Minister Mantas Adomėnas said on Wednesday.
The US has formally asked the Lithuanian government to accredit the ambassador to Lithuania, Adomėnas told BNS, adding that the government has yet to formulate its formal consent . This makes us extremely happy, he said, adding that Lithuania received the US request on Monday.
The US embassy to Lithuania confirmed to BNS that Belarus had not yet issued a visa to Fisher, but it did not comment on whether she would reside in Vilnius.