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Zelensky dismisses Belarus ambassador in published order

23 June 2023 00:09 (UTC +04:00)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Ihor Kyzym from the post of ambassador to Belarus on Tuesday, according to an order published on Ukraine’s presidential website, APA reports.

Last week the Ukrainian Parliament registered a draft resolution on recognition of Belarus as an aggressor country, Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, first deputy chairman of the anti-corruption committee of the Ukrainian Parliament, said in a Telegram post Monday.

The text of the resolution registered is not yet available, but an explanatory note published on the parliament’s website specifies that the Ukrainian Parliament should designate Belarus as an aggressor state, “taking into account the reluctance of the Republic of Belarus to stop allowing the Russian Federation to use its territory, airspace and infrastructure for invading the sovereign territory of Ukraine contrary to international obligation.”

In addition, an explanatory note urged the Ukrainian government "to immediately work on the issue of severing diplomatic relations between Ukraine and the Republic of Belarus" and to call on the international community to increase sanctions pressure on Minsk in order to “force the Belarusian leadership to stop allowing the use of its territory for committing war crimes.”