Officials Search for Missing Ambassador
From Times Wire Reports
Japan’s Foreign Ministry was searching today for the former Belarussian ambassador to Japan, who was missing after refusing an order to return home.
Officials were trying to determine the location of Pyotr Kravchenko, who was removed Nov. 19 from his post as ambassador by President Alexander Lukashenko. Kravchenko, known as a fierce critic of Lukashenko, had been ambassador since 1998.
Japanese media reported that Kravchenko had sought refuge at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, but embassy officials denied that.
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