Russian Foreign Ministry is indignant because EU “exercises public pressure on Belarus”
According to the deputy Russian Foreign Minister, “the pressure exercised on Belarus” is demonstrated in the statement of Karel Schwartzberg, Minister of Foreign Affaires of Czechia - the state presiding in the EU now.
Let us remind you that he participated in a meeting of the EU Council on February 23 and claimed that the recognition of the self-proclaimed republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by Belarus would remove Minsk “from the European context” and make the possible participation of Belarus in the “Eastern Partnership” programme problematic.
ITAR-TASS reports that the representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affaires said that the categorical request “to sacrifice the sovereign right to take decisions about foreign politics issues in order to get on closer terms with Europe” was inadmissible.
Let us remind you that he participated in a meeting of the EU Council on February 23 and claimed that the recognition of the self-proclaimed republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by Belarus would remove Minsk “from the European context” and make the possible participation of Belarus in the “Eastern Partnership” programme problematic.
ITAR-TASS reports that the representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affaires said that the categorical request “to sacrifice the sovereign right to take decisions about foreign politics issues in order to get on closer terms with Europe” was inadmissible.
