Belarus ambassador returns to Minsk

Mikhail Khvastou, Belarus's Ambassador to Washington, has returned to Minsk, Maryia Vanshyna, a spokeswoman with the Belarus foreign ministry said. Khvastou was on March 7 recalled from the United States for consultations over the row caused by the US fresh sanctions against Belarus's petrochemical monopoly Belneftekhim, reports Belapan.