MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Belarusian Foreign Ministry said on Friday it had summoned Japan’s ambassador to Minsk to protest over “spying activities.”
State media in Belarus, a close Russian ally, reported on Wednesday that Belarusian security forces had detained a suspected Japanese intelligence agent alleged to have surveilled border areas and military installations.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Anastasia Teterevleva; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
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