President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has appointed Deputy foreign Minister Oleg Kravchenko Ambassador to the United States, BelTA informs. The Ambassador is appointed for the first time in 12 years — Washington and Minsk had mutually revoked in 2008 because of U.S. sanctions.Mr. Kravchenko said that Minsk and Washington there are many areas for cooperation. “Among the areas in which our interests coincide, primarily cooperation in the field of attracting financial resources, economic and energy dialogue, international security, law enforcement cooperation”,— he said.USA in 2006, imposed sanctions against certain Belarusians and Belarusian companies because of accusations of human rights violations. After that Minsk and Washington reduced the staff of embassies, and in 2008, the country recalled its Ambassador. The mission in both countries was headed by temporary attorneys.Earlier, the us magazine Foreign Policy, citing its own sources said the name of the future US Ambassador in Belarus. According to the newspaper, the post, vacant since 2008, should take Julie Fischer is a career diplomat with experience in Russia, Georgia and Ukraine.Read more about this in the publication Kommersant “Alexander Lukashenko surrendered to the American dream.”
