Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics and Riga Mayor Martins Stakis replaced Belarus' official flag with the historical white-red-white on Monday at the Radisson Blu Hotel Latvija where the Belarussian national ice hockey team is accommodated during the Ice Hockey World Championship in Riga. Stakis said that the gesture was Riga City Council's initiative, backed by Belarus' opposition and intended to express support for the people who are suffering under the regime of Belarusian authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko. Latvian Ambassador to Belarus Einars Semanis on Monday was summoned to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry where he was told that he and other diplomats working at the Latvian embassy in Minsk have to leave the country. ⚪️🔴⚪️