On Tuesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the first time discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin the crisis in Belarus, which has been hit by mass protests for more than a week, in which two people were killed and hundreds were tortured in the detention center.
During a telephone conversation with Putin, Merkel said that it was necessary to stop violence against Belarusian citizens who reject the results of the presidential elections, after the Central Election Committee awarded the victory to Alexander Lukashenko for the sixth time in a row.
Merkel “stressed that the Belarusian government should refrain from using violence against peaceful demonstrators, immediately release political prisoners and initiate a national dialogue involving the opposition and society to overcome the crisis,” the German government’s press service said.
Putin responded by saying that any attempts to interfere from outside in the internal affairs of the Republic of Belarus are “unacceptable”.
At the same time, Putin “expressed hope for an early normalization of the situation.”
On Friday, August 14, the EU foreign ministers held an emergency meeting on Belarus, where they discussed the possibility of resuming sanctions, but no decision was taken. After Lukashenko stopped the actions of riot police, Brussels gave him two more weeks to resolve the situation: the next meeting on the Belarusian crisis will take place on August 27.
Whether sanctions against representatives of the Belarusian leadership of the country will be extended depends on the authorities of the republic, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Monday.
Berlin demands that Lukashenko stop violence against peaceful demonstrators, “immediately and unconditionally” release prisoners and start a “national dialogue” between the government, the opposition and society, he said.
According to Seibert, the German government had been in contact with the Belarusian opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya some time ago. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has communicated with many European partners about the situation in Belarus, and in the near future plans to talk with Vladimir Putin.
The day before, the five leading parties of the European Parliament adopted a joint statement in which they called the elections held in Belarus “neither free, nor fair”, and the acts of violence and torture of participants of mass actions by the security forces – “appalling”.
“We therefore do not recognise Alexander Lukashenko as the re-elected President of Belarus and consider him a persona non grata in the European Union. We join the Belarusian people in their demand for new and free elections, under the supervision of independent observers,” the statement reads.
Lukashenko is responsible for the actions of the security forces, intimidation of journalists, blocking of the Internet and suppression of the media in order to hide information about what is happening in the country, the MEPs remind, adding that the EU authorities should resist possible attempts of Russia to intervene directly or indirectly in the situation.
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“Putin responded by saying that any attempts to interfere from outside in the internal affairs of the Republic of Belarus are “unacceptable”.”
He forgot to say, “Unless it’s me that doing the interfering Angela.”
Just wanted to post the same.
What could go wrong with Merkel and Putin sorting this problem out? Look how well Ukraine benefitted from their collaborations.
Same goes for Yugoslavia. Germany and RuSSia never solve anything, they only make things worse than they already were. Not much coming from Washington so far.
Yeah, pretty disappointing. Canada didn’t recognise the elections, Trump said nothing, probably doesn’t want to make Putin angry.
Congress are the only ones with a voice in the US at the moment.
https://www.unian.info/world/u-s-congress-reacts-to-putin-s-military-aid-offer-to-belarus-11116409.html
Not quite a burner either, but better than nothing.
Totally meaningless unless it comes from the WH.
Me too.
‘any attempts to interfere from outside in the internal affairs of the Republic of Belarus are “unacceptable”.
So stop the mass murder and gassing in Libya, Syria, Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine, Venezuela and all the other countries you ‘interfere’ with; such as the US and UK, you litle nazi turd.
He’s already interfering in Belarus while the EU sleeps. Here’s a video of FSB in Belarus.
Russian troops entered this afternoon Belarus.
I think you will find they are Belarussians engaged in a civil war, the only russian troops that entered had got a bit lost or were looking for fuel or wanted to go sight seeing or are there in an advisory capacity or are visiting relatives or are there to protect ethnic minority russian speakers who have been oppressed.
What will the fat cow do now? She is still hoping to get Nord Stream II finished. Either way, with her utterly moronic energy policies, she has made herself (Germanystan) much more dependent on mafia land than the other way around. This leaves her and Germanystan in a fragile situation, regarding Belarus. There is not much that the incompetent cow can do. And, the shit nugget knows it.