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According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the participants in the interview claimed that the peaceful protests of the Belarusian people after the presidential elections of August 9, which were “clearly rigged”, were brutally repressed, leading to the use of violence against several thousand protesters in prisons. .
“During the conversation, we drew attention to the unfounded accusations by Belarusian officials against the allies of NATO and the Alliance about increasing military power in the region. An external threat is sought as a pretext to deal with the protesters,” said L Linkevičius.
The Lithuanian head of diplomacy stressed that NATO as a defense alliance “must remain vigilant, monitor the changing situation and be ready to defend the Allies from any aggression.”
“All NATO countries unanimously call on Minsk to respect fundamental rights and freedoms and express its support for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Belarus,” he said.
Linkevičius also thanked Stoltenberg for NATO’s swift response to the poisoning of Alexei Navaln, a spokesman for the Russian opposition: on September 4, the Allies issued a North Atlantic Council statement condemning the attack on Navalna and urging Russia to comply with its international obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and punish those responsible for the attack.
Following the presidential elections in Belarus in early August, with thousands of protests and the government resorting to violence against protesters and the arrest of opposition figures, Lithuania, along with other Baltic states, condemned the Minsk regime and imposed sanctions. those responsible for violence and electoral fraud.
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