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The 15-nation European Union decided on Friday to recall its ambassadors from Belarus amid a growing row over an elite housing complex some of them share with President Alexander G. Lukashenko, a senior diplomat said. The move comes two days after Lukashenko's government reached a reported compromise with the ambassadors allowing diplomats to stay if they are ready to face some "inconvenience." But on Friday, water and electricity to the compound were shut down--surprising the diplomats.

The 15-nation European Union decided on Friday to recall its ambassadors from Belarus amid a growing row over an elite housing complex some of them share with President Alexander G. Lukashenko, a senior diplomat said. The move comes two days after Lukashenko's government reached a reported compromise with the ambassadors allowing diplomats to stay if they are ready to face some "inconvenience." But on Friday, water and electricity to the compound were shut down--surprising the diplomats.

European Community leaders expressed deep concern Monday about the dissolution of the Soviet Union and announced that they will send a special ambassador to the capitals of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Dutch Foreign Minister Hans van Den Broeck, whose nation is hosting the summit conference here, declared that the EC envoy will remind the republics of the need for "compliance with international obligations entered into by the Soviet Union, notably in the field of arms control."

European Community leaders expressed deep concern Monday about the dissolution of the Soviet Union and announced that they will send a special ambassador to the capitals of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Dutch Foreign Minister Hans van Den Broeck, whose nation is hosting the summit conference here, declared that the EC envoy will remind the republics of the need for "compliance with international obligations entered into by the Soviet Union, notably in the field of arms control."