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Belarus did not allow the scene of the color revolution organized from abroad to be repeated. This was stated by Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makey during a meeting with the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, on Wednesday.
“Today we have to respond to both internal and, above all, external challenges. By the way, the latter have the greatest impact on the former. But I want to say that we resist the first attack and do not allow the realization of the Ukrainian scenario in Belarus, the scene of the color revolution organized from abroad, “he said.
According to V. Makey, Belarus is interested in exchanging views with Russia on all relevant issues.
The meeting will be held in Minsk and other Belarusian cities as major protests continue ahead of the August 9 presidential election results. President Aliaksandr Lukashenko, who has been the country’s autocratic for 26 years, has been officially declared the winner of the elections. The country’s opposition claims that the election results were rigged.
Vladzimir Makey, Sergei Lavrov
Earlier, representatives of the Russian and Belarusian presidencies announced that the leaders of the two countries would meet in Moscow “in the near future.”
On the eve, Lukashenko said that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin would preserve “a common homeland from Brest to Vladivostok.”
“In the annual report before the elections, I said: ‘You (Russia) call us partners today. We do not become brothers, but partners. And unnecessarily! ”It was heard in the Kremlin and everywhere [kitur]. We are brothers today. But why wait for someone in the West to click on us to be brothers again? This is a lesson. We will draw the appropriate conclusions. U.S. with [Rusijos] we have already reached these conclusions as president. and what is not spoken to them, what is spoken from time to time in the streets with us, we will preserve our common homeland. “Lukashenko, quoted by the state news agency BelTA, said during his visit to Baranovichi, said their common homeland, where two nations of common origin live.”
“This is the Homeland from Brest to Vladivistok,” he added.
Send Misustina
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit Belarus on Thursday, where protests against the controversial presidential election results have dragged on for more than three weeks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
“Prime Minister Mikhail Mustustin’s visit to Minsk will take place literally tomorrow,” Lavrov told a press meeting in Moscow at the beginning of his meeting with the Belarusian foreign minister, Russian news agencies reported.
Mikhail Mishustin, Vladimir Putin
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Moscow Warning
Russia urges European Union countries not to interfere in Belarusian affairs by funding opposition structures, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
We note with regret that the European Union has not refrained from trying to influence the situation in this sister country. Instead of restraint and tact, which are sorely needed to create the conditions for a comprehensive national dialogue, priority has been given to introducing illegal unilateral sanctions, ”the ministry said in a statement.
“There are increasing requests for additional funding for Belarusian opposition structures, including those supported by Belarus in neighboring European countries,” he said.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also declared that such calls are contrary to the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states enshrined in the Helsinki accords.
“We hope that the European Union will align its foreign policy with this and other fundamental common principles of European security,” the ministry said.
On Tuesday, Lavrov accused Lithuania of “working undemocraticly” with Belarusian opposition candidate Sviatlana Cichanouskaya, and said he believed that the constitutional reform proposed by Lukashenko could solve the crisis in Belarus.
“Our neighbors, the Lithuanians, in my opinion, have already exceeded all the limits of decency with their claim. And we have reason to believe that they are working with Ms. Sviatlana Cichanouskaya on undemocratic methods and methods that do not show much respect for the sovereignty of the Republic of Belarus, “Lavrov said Tuesday, addressing first-year students and professors from the Institute of MGIMO International Relations The Russian minister did not provide any specific evidence.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius reacted to S. Lavrov’s statement on Tuesday.
“Lithuania has not and will not interfere in the internal affairs of Belarus, because it does not have that right or its intentions. However, Lithuania has helped and will help the people of Belarus, whose security will be in danger. According to Lithuania and the countries of the EU, new transparent elections can lift Belarus out of the political stalemate, which would be recognized by both the Belarusian people and the international community, ”says L. Linkevičius in a comment sent to Elta.
UN experts call on Belarus to stop torturing protesters
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Nils Melzer, told Belarus on Tuesday that it must “stop torturing protesters” and bring the militiamen who beat them to justice. .
Melzer and 14 other UN human rights experts said in a statement that they had received reports of 450 documented cases of torture and ill-treatment during mass protests and detentions following the disputed re-election of President Aliaksandr Lukashenko.
“We are extremely concerned about the hundreds of reports that militias have been detained [žmonės] they were tortured and subjected to other ill-treatment, ”they said.
The joint statement was signed, among others, by Anais Marin, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, and Clement Nyaletsossi Voule, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of expression.
The experts did not speak on behalf of the UN; presented their findings to the organization.
According to them, torture “cannot be justified for any reason” and political instability cannot justify enforced disappearances.
“The government of Belarus must immediately put an end to all human rights violations and fight impunity,” the experts stressed.
They note that 6.7 thousand people have been detained in Belarus since the August 9 elections. people, including journalists and occasional passersby, without their arrest and “hasty sentences”.
“No one should be charged with criminal charges for peaceful participation in the demonstration,” the experts stressed. “We are also concerned that the arrests continued indiscriminately over the weekend, during a peaceful women’s demonstration in the capital Minsk on Saturday and peaceful protests in many cities on Sunday.”
According to experts, they will continue to monitor the situation in Belarus and try to establish contact with the Belarusian government.
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