§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department is having with the Belarus Government regarding the policy of the Belarus Government towards embassies of foreign countries based in Belarus. [53700]
§ Ms QuinWe, our EU partners and other countries affected by the Belarusian decision to exclude Ambassadors from their residencies at Drozdy are in regular contact with the Belarusian authorities. The Troika of EU chargés d'affaires met Deputy Foreign Minister Gerasimovich on 20 July. They underlined the need for the Belarusian authorities to comply with international law on the inviolability of diplomatic premises, and called on the Belarusian authorities to put forward concrete proposals to resolve the problem.