DATE:
13/01/2006
PRAGUE- Czech senators Karel Schwarzenberg (Freedom Union, US-DEU) and Jaromir Stetina (Greens) have failed to receive visas to Belarus where they planned to meet representatives of the political opposition, they write in a statement sent to CTK.
Schwarzenberg and Stetina said they are not surprised that they were not granted the visas by the tough regime of president Alexander Lukashenko.
A representative of the Belarussian Embassy said she will not comment on the issue.
The visit, scheduled for March, was approved by the Senate's organisational committee.
The two senators planned to meet opposition presidential candidate Alyaksandar Milinkevich, who is to challenge Lukashenko in the elections held this year, as well as representatives of Belarussian NGOs and press. They also wanted to discuss the membership of the Czech Republic in NATO and the European Union and were interested in the procedure of issuing Czech visas to Belarussians.
Author: CTK.
Source:
http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/index_view.php?id=167147
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