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The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus has decided to close the Consulate General of Belarus in Ukraine’s Odesa.

“To close by February 23, 2018, the Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Odesa (Ukraine),” reads the text of Decree No. 1 dated January 4, 2018, published on the official website of the Belarusian government.

According to the resolution, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry should take measures to close the consulate general and finance the costs of its closing within the limits of the funds provided for the maintenance of this foreign institution.