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Foreign Secretary William Hague said he is disappointed by Belarus' decision to recall their Ambassadors to Poland and the EU in response to further EU sanctions being imposed on the country yesterday.

• Updated: 29 February 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Minister for Europe David Lidington repeats calls to Belarus to end death penalty after serious questions surround latest executions.

• Updated: 18 March 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Minister David Lidington has welcomed the release of ex-presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov and his campaign chief Dmitry Bondarenko.

• Updated: 15 April 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Minister for Europe David Lidington said the establishment sends a strong message of concern about the deteriorating human rights situation in the country.

• Updated: 5 July 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Mr Bruce Bucknell has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of belarus.

• Updated: 23 January 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Minister for Europe David Lidington described the sentencing as another case of the belarusian judicial system being used to punish those in belarus who defend basic human rights.

• Updated: 24 November 2011

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The FCDO summoned Maxim Yermalovich to protest Belarus’ assistance to Russia with its military invasion of Ukraine.

• Updated: 25 February 2022

First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Following the elections that took place in Belarus on 23 September, the UK Government has expressed its regret at the way they were carried out.

• Updated: 26 September 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The National Final of the English Speaking Union's International Public Speaking Competition was held at the British Embassy on 16 March.

• Updated: 20 March 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The 2012 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Report on Human Rights and Democracy

• Updated: 15 April 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government