Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus A.Glaz comments on the information about the car accident in Riga with the participation of a Belarusian diplomat

For over a week Latvian mass media outlets have been talking about a Belarusian diplomat who caused an accident in Riga and fled the scene. Have you already established who it was? Have any measures been taken?

A.Glaz: We always take such things very seriously. So, yes, we are aware of these reports. But the thing is, thanks to the efforts of the Latvian side, there are no Belarusian diplomats left in Riga. Those who came with such insinuations probably forgot to take this into account. All the disseminated information is a primitive lie.

Many photos and videos show the license plate of the vehicle. For any Belarusian, it is obvious that this kind of license plates is used by foreign diplomats accredited in Minsk. 

We have received a number of requests following this story. So, we identified the vehicle. For ethical reasons, we would not like to disclose all the details but we are talking about one of the European diplomats working in our country.

So, what we have is a European diplomat ramming a car in the European Riga. Yet they put the blame on a Belarusian diplomat who is not even there.

Leaving the scene of an accident is a serious offense in any state. In this regard, we agree with the Latvian Foreign Ministry that no one is allowed to violate the Vienna Convention. According to established procedure, we’ve sent them all the information we have. So, they can either act on it in accordance with the Latvian legislation or proceed from other considerations. We’ll see. Their response or a lack of it will speak volumes. 
 

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