BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
04/01/2011
Lukashenko not welcome in Poland
Poland has banned Aleksander Lukashenko and other officials from entering the country, following the crackdown against opposition leaders and democratic activists in Belarus. Will the EU as a whole follow?
"This is a clear symbol of Poland's solidarity with the people of Belarus," Foreign Ministry spokesman Marcin Bosacki said.
"We want to support evident [democratic] tendencies that were manifest on 19 December," he added.
The travel ban follows presidential elections in Belarus, which gave incumbent Aleksander Lukashenko 80 percent of the vote, a result questioned by the EU, OSCE and other bodies.
Magdalena Jensen reports that German chancellor Angela Merkel has urged the EU to follow suit and introduce a ban on travel for Belarusian diplomats and politicians within the EU. (
Source:
http://www.thenews.pl/international/artykul146778_lukashenko-not-welcome-in-poland.html
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