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This was stated at a press conference on Wednesday by Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, when asked how he would address Mr. Lukashenko after November 5, when his five-year term ends on November 6. November 2015. openings have taken place.
“The official position is Alexander Lukashenko,” said the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
Kuleba added that in official communications, Kiev would not use words that could indicate that Lukashenko is “illegitimate president, illegally elected.” “These are excellent words for the media, headlines, posts on Facebook,” said the minister.
Last week, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the crisis in Belarus could turn violent, as it did in Ukraine if the government does not dialogue with its people.
During his visit to Slovakia, Zelensky compared the current situation in Belarus to the outbreak of mass protests in Ukraine in 2013-2014, which ended with the overthrow of the Russian-backed president.
“If the government does not find a way to enter into a dialogue with its people, it will cease to exist,” he told reporters after a meeting in Bratislava with Slovak President Zuzana Čaputova.
“We know what bloodshed means.” We buried the Ukrainians who died in Maidan, we saw people and buildings on fire, “he said, referring to the protests in Kiev’s Independence Square.
“Today, we see that if the government does not stop these actions, especially the actions of the law enforcement agencies against its people, it will receive a very powerful response from the people,” Zelensky said.
Zelensky’s spokeswoman, Julia Mendel, confirmed to the AFP news agency on Thursday that the president’s planned visit to Belarus in October had been canceled.
Belarus has been plagued by massive protests since the August 9 presidential election, in which the country’s leader, Aliaksandr Lukashenko, claimed victory. As the mass demonstrations continued, he became dependent on Russian support.
Ukraine joined a growing list of states last Wednesday and said it does not recognize Lukashenko as a legitimate leader in Belarus. That day the presumed leader of the country was secretly inaugurated.
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