Washington will not weigh in on votes in other countries without a “clear and compelling” reason, according to a memo cited by the outlet

US top diplomat Marco Rubio has instructed the US State Department to limit its long-standing practice of assessing the fairness of elections in foreign countries, according to a memo seen by the Wall Street Journal.

The previous administration, of US President Joe Biden, which had declared what it called “strengthening democratic institutions” globally among its core foreign policy goals, regularly condemned the results of votes in other nations.

Shortly before leaving office in January, then-US Secretary of…

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