BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

01/02/2008

Belarusain President Says He Does Not Understand Western Ambassadors' Mission

Alyaksandr Lukashenka said on January 31 at a meeting with German Ambassador to Belarus Gebhardt Weiss that he does "not understand very well the mission of most EU ambassadors [to Belarus] and the American ambassador in particular," Belapan and RFE/RL's Belarus Service reported. "I do not want to make a secret of this, and that is why I sometimes make harsh remarks," he added. He also said that the major mission of foreign ambassadors consists of establishing friendly relations with the host country, but "Western ambassadors do not have such a desire." "Belarus is a sovereign, independent state and has been such for 15 years," Lukashenka continued. "It is a fact that we are stable and that we do not create problems for anyone, not for our neighbors, Germany, France, or the U.S. So, what do they want from us?" he added. AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2008/02/3-cee/cee-010208.asp

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