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U.S. Brings Home American Detained in Belarus


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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed Wednesday that the State Department brought home an American citizen arbitrarily detained in Belarus.

Vitali Shkliarov, a Washington, D.C.-area resident, returned home Tuesday night after spending three months in jail and house arrest in Belarus. A dual citizen of the United States and Belarus, Shkliarov visited Belarus earlier this summer to see family and friends before deep political instability wracked the Eastern European country.

Pompeo told reporters the retrieval of Shkliarov sends a strong message to governments holding Americans overseas.

"After three months of wrongful detention and house arrest, Mr. Shkliarov has been reunited with his family and has arrived in the United States," Pompeo told CNN. "As the President and I have made clear, we will not tolerate foreign governments wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens.":snip:

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