Belgium to close down embassies in Bolivia, Ecuador in summer 2006

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  • Source:
    BBC Monitoring International Reports, May 17, 2006 Europe, 2pp
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    • Abstract:
      Before long, there will be no more Belgian diplomats in Bolivia and Ecuador. Development cooperation will not be cancelled. Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht (VLD [Flemish Liberal Democrats]) told Bolivian President Evo Morales yesterday that Belgium intends to close down its embassy in La Paz - "for financial reasons," according to the Gucht, who stressed that there is no connection whatsoever with the nationalization of the oil industry announced by Morales...