Belarusian
leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka told the House of Representatives to consider
recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states, Novyye Izvestiya
quoted Pavel Borodin, state secretary of the UnionState of Belarus
and Russia,
as saying. Borodin said
he had passed a request by the presidents of the Georgian breakaway territories
for recognition to "Belarusian colleagues."
Uladzimir
Andreychanka, the newly elected chairman of the new House, told reporters in Minsk on Monday, that the chamber would consider
recognizing the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
when the proposal is formally introduced in Parliament. “The opinion of the
people should be taken into account,” he added. “But nobody has sponsored the
proposal yet.”
On October 13, Abkhazia's parliament appealed to Belarus'
legislature to recognize the territory's independence.
10:23 08.06.2026
