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“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. Sviatlan 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 at the Institute of International Relations MGIMO.
The Russian minister did not provide any specific evidence.
The Lithuanian government says it cares for Cichanouskaya’s safety, but does not interfere in Belarus’ internal political processes.
S.Cichanouskaja arrived in Lithuania shortly after refusing to acknowledge the victory of Aliaksandr Lukashenko, accused of electoral fraud, in the presidential elections. For security reasons, her children were taken to Lithuania before the elections. Her husband, who previously wanted to stand for election, is in prison in Minsk.
In an interview with BNS last month, Chichanouskaya said his goal was “to help the people of Belarus to hold fair and transparent elections,” for which he convened a Coordinating Council.
Large-scale protests continue in the fourth week of election fraud and violence against peaceful protesters in Belarus.
Russia is the only Belarusian neighbor to have expressed support for Lukashenko. In his speech, Lavrov claimed that the constitutional reform proposed by Lukashenko was an adequate way to resolve the crisis in the country and criticized the sanctions against the regime.
(Aliaxandr) Lukashenko spoke before the elections about the constitutional reform, that this reform should be depersonalized and presuppose the stability of the political system of the Republic of Belarus, regardless of personality. He said he was ready to start working on these reform achievements, “Lavrov said.
“I think it would be right for civil society to be invited to this work. And I think they will show it for themselves if they want to come out of this crisis as a strengthened country and not raise objections; they themselves must show interest in it,” said the Minister.
Lithuanian leaders call on Belarus to hold new fair elections and impose European sanctions on perpetrators of acts of counterfeiting and regime violence. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia banned Lukashenko and 29 other high-ranking officials from entering the Baltic countries on Monday.
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