PACE rapporteur meets with opposition leaders in Minsk
Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur on Belarus of the Council of Europe Parliamentary
Assembly (PACE), met with Belarus '
opposition leaders during his stay in Minsk
Taking part in the meeting were
Anatol Lyabedzka, leader of the United Civic Party (UCP); Vintsuk Vyachorka,
deputy chairman of the Belarusian Popular Front (BPF); Valer Ukhalyow,
secretary of the Belarusian Party of Communists; and former presidential
candidate Alyaksandr Kazulin, BelaPAN reported.
The opposition leaders urged PACE
to mediate talks between the opposition and authorities on the democratization
of electoral regulations and conditions for the media, political parties and
non-governmental organizations.
