Baku. Shamil Alibeyli – APA. The United Stated will close embassies and consulates in some Middle East countries on August 4, said Department of State spokeswoman Marie Harf, APA reports quoting the Department of State.
According to her, those embassies have been instructed to stop working on that day for safety of the employees: “The closure of the embassies is related with the care of the US Government to its employees and people, who have applied to the embassies.” But the spokeswoman didn’t reveal why the embassies will be closed on August 4. Marie Harf said that it is possible we may have additional days of closing as well.
CBS News reported that among those affected by closure would be the embassies or consulates in Bahrain, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.