Bulgaria recalls its ambassador from Belarus-foreign minister

Bulgaria is recalling its ambassador to Belarus for consultations in solidarity with Lithuania and Poland, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said on Thursday. "With this decision we are expressing our solidarity and support to our EU partners - Lithuania and Poland," Zaharieva said a tweet after meeting with Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya at a Globsec summit in Bratislava.

After Poland and Lithuania, four more EU nations, including Germany, have recalled their envoys from Belarus amid continued tensions with Minsk over its crackdown on protesters following a disputed presidential election.