Friday 19 December 2014

Belgium to close embassies in Afghanistan, Libya

KUNA : Belgium to close embassies in Afghanistan, Libya - Politics - 19/12/2014 
BRUSSELS, Dec 19 (KUNA) -- Belgium will shut down its embassies in Kabul, Tripoli and in several other European and African capitals due to budgetary restraint.
"Structural reforms are needed to enable the Foreign Ministry to continue carrying out its tasks in a context of budgetary restraint. This decision must be seen in the context of a broader effort of rationalisation of the diplomatic network, based on objective studies," Belgian foreign minister Didier Reynders said in a statement Friday.

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