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LRT News citing Lithuanian Deputy Foreign Minister Mantas Adomėnas reports that the new U.S. Ambassador to Belarus Julie Fisher will temporarily reside in Lithuania as she does not have a visa to travel to Minsk. The United States has reportedly asked the Lithuanian government for accreditation for Ambassador Fisher.  The local medial outlet notes that the US embassy to Lithuania confirmed to BNS that Belarus had not yet issued a visa to Ambassador Fisher, but did not comment on her temporary residence in Vilnius.

US finally appointed an ambassador to Minsk, but Julie Fisher is now stranded in Vilnius still awaiting a visa. She talks to https://t.co/07Y8g5FncRhttps://t.co/ojHSkykb6G

— LRT English (@LRTenglish) April 22, 2021

Julie Fisher, the US ambassador to Belarus, will temporarily reside in Vilnius as she does not have a visa to travel to Minskhttps://t.co/oXDFqYfemj

— LRT English (@LRTenglish) April 21, 2021

Julie Fisher, who has yet to present her credentials in Minsk, said the meeting sent "a clear signal that the U.S. stands with the Belarusian people". https://t.co/NVRowu6Jru

— euronews (@euronews) April 22, 2021

Amb. Fisher, together with @Tsikhanouskaya and Vice FM Adomenas, U.S. Amb. to Lithuania Gilchrist and @michalski_artur, visited the cell where the great poet Adam Mickiewicz was jailed nearly 200 years ago for his nationalist political views before being exiled. pic.twitter.com/qomgrARReR

— U.S. Embassy Minsk (@USEmbBy) April 21, 2021

Today's action sends a clear signal that the U.S. stands with the Belarusian people. As U.S. Ambassador to Belarus, my priority is to embody that support. https://t.co/m4y05mI579

— Julie Fisher (@USAmbBelarus) April 19, 2021

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