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Shortly after the news of Alexander Lukashenko’s secret inauguration, the governments of five European countries, Germany, Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, also expressed their refusal to recognize him as President of Belarus. German federal government spokesman Steffen Seibert said Wednesday
the elections in Belarus were neither fair nor free and did not meet democratic requirements in any way.Therefore, Alexander Lukashenko cannot claim to hold the post of head of state in a democratically acquired term. It also follows that the conditions for its recognition are lacking. The spokesperson also added that it was characteristic of the Minsk leadership that Lukashenko was registered in secret, to the exclusion of the public.
The Lithuanian government, which welcomed the Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Cihanouszka, who had been forced to flee her country, made a similar statement. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius called Lukashenko’s secret insertion a comedy, a sham ceremony that followed a sham election. Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu to On twitter wrote, Lukashenko clearly lost his mandate, so his incorporation was not legitimate either. Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok is also On twitter Commenting on the matter, he wrote, Slovakia supports the Belarusian people.
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