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“We cannot allow the Iron Curtain to land on the European continent again,” he said in Geneva on Friday. Mr Marin intervenes in an urgent debate on the situation of human rights in Belarus. His speech was interrupted several times by shouts from Russia, Belarus and some other countries.
In a statement, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Cichanouskaya called on the country’s authorities to end violence against protesters. At the same time, she called for new free and democratic presidential elections.
S. Cichanouskaja withdrew to Lithuania after the August 9 elections because he feared for his own safety.
Belarusian Ambassador to the UN Yuri Ambrazevich said during the debate that it was unacceptable for the United Nations to be used to interfere in elections in Belarus.
Massive protests have occurred in Belarus since the elections 26 years ago, under the authoritarian rule of President Aliaksandr Lukashenko. The opposition accuses him of falsifying the election results. This blames the West for the unrest.
On Thursday, Lukashenko announced the closure of the border with EU countries, Poland and Lithuania, and the strengthening of border controls with Ukraine.
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