BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

30/03/2006

PM to meet with Belarus opposition leader

Premier Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz said that Poland is preparing to take action against Belarus if the situation in that country does not change.

The premier added that certain steps have been prepared to help those repressed by the Lukashenka regime. Marcinkiewicz said he is meeting with the leader of the Belarusian democratic opposition Aleksander Milinkiewicz on Thursday.

Poland has introduced visa restrictions against those responsible for falsifying the results of the elections in Belarus and repressions against the opposition. The Polish Foreign Ministry informed that it had appealed to the EU to introduce similar sanctions.

In a communique the foreign ministry stated that it had taken steps to protect the interests of Poles in Belarus.

Source:

http://www.poland.pl/news/article,PM_to_meet_with_Belarus_opposition_leader,id,217287.htm