USA considers accusations of espionage pronounced by Belarus to be “groundless”
The administration of George Bush considers the accusations of espionage pronounced by Belarus to be “groundless”. The deputy press secretary of the US Department of State Tom Kasey claimed it in Washington on May 5.
Commenting on the statement of KGB, the representative of the Department of State expressed an opinion that the Belarusian authorities were afraid of anyone supporting Belarus. T.Kasey said that the accusations pronounceв by the official Minsk were mendacious and ungrounded. He noted that it was a lame excuse for the reduction of the staff of the American Embassy.
T.Kasey claimed that he did not know anything about official contacts between the US and Belarusian governments in connection with the discovery of “a spy network”.
Let us remind you that the First National Channel broadcasted a KGB report about some details of the March storey about a discovery of “a US spy network” in Minsk on the evening of May 4. It was said that there was a group of Belarusian citizens organized by American diplomatic representatives in Minsk. It consisted of 10 people who had to collect information and send it to Americans so that they could use it to the detriment of Belarus. According to the authors of the report, the collected information was sent to a curator – an FBR member who worked in the US Embassy. The names of two diplomats were mentioned in the report – Kurt Finley and Bernard Nixon.
Commenting on the statement of KGB, the representative of the Department of State expressed an opinion that the Belarusian authorities were afraid of anyone supporting Belarus. T.Kasey said that the accusations pronounceв by the official Minsk were mendacious and ungrounded. He noted that it was a lame excuse for the reduction of the staff of the American Embassy.
T.Kasey claimed that he did not know anything about official contacts between the US and Belarusian governments in connection with the discovery of “a spy network”.
Let us remind you that the First National Channel broadcasted a KGB report about some details of the March storey about a discovery of “a US spy network” in Minsk on the evening of May 4. It was said that there was a group of Belarusian citizens organized by American diplomatic representatives in Minsk. It consisted of 10 people who had to collect information and send it to Americans so that they could use it to the detriment of Belarus. According to the authors of the report, the collected information was sent to a curator – an FBR member who worked in the US Embassy. The names of two diplomats were mentioned in the report – Kurt Finley and Bernard Nixon.
