"Apart from working to advance relations between Belarus and Turkey our Minsk embassy has not been involved in any other activity," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Belarus officials said Friday that two Turkish diplomats in Minsk, who had the rank of attach?, would be expelled for "actions incompatible with diplomatic activities," the common phrase used to denote spying.
The former Soviet republic's KGB security police said in a statement that a Belarus citizen "who had been recruited by Turkish agents," was detained Thursday.
Turkey said the decision by Belarus would "certainly have a negative effect" on relations between the two countries.
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