Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs outraged. “Planned events in Poland destructive and harmful”
2025-08-09 10:00, act 201.2025-08-09 12:40
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The Belarusian authorities officially protested against the events planned for Saturday and Sunday in Warsaw, which are to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the presidential election in Belarus. According to the Belarusian authorities, the voting in 2020 was won by Alaxandr Lukashenko. The democratic opposition did not recognize this.
In connection with the Freedom March planned for the weekend in Warsaw and the conference of the Belarusian MSZ opposition in Minsk, on Tuesday, Polish charge d'Affaires called and gave him a protest.
In the opinion of the Belarusian authorities, the organizers and participants of both events are representatives of Belarusian emigration, “known for destructive and provocative activities”, and the march and conference itself “are aimed at causing damage to the Republic of Belarus.” The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also stated that both events are also to serve to “justify illegal sanctions and aggressive actions against our country.”
“Such hostile actions do not contribute to the restoration of normal dialogue and directly harm the Belarusian-Polish relations,” wrote the press spokesman of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ruslan Vornek. He added that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Minsk “will continue to carefully monitor the development of the situation, reserving the right to take the necessary remedies in the case of provocative activities.” He did not specify what funds it was about.
On Saturday at On 15 Józef Piłsudski Square in Warsaw, the Freedom March organized by the Belarusian opposition will begin, and on Saturday and Sunday a conference “New Belarus” is planned at the University of Warsaw. Both events are related to the presidential election of August 9, 2020, which Lukashenko officially won. The 70-year-old politician has been playing this office continuously since 1994, when presidential elections were held for the first time in Belarus.
The Freedom March and the “New Belarus” conference is an opportunity, “to remember once again to the world that we are fighting for a free and democratic country every day,” said the office of the opposition candidate in the 2020 elections, Światłany Cichano.
MSZ: Poland confirms support for the citizens of Belarus, seeking to restore the rule of law
On Saturday, exactly five years have passed since the presidential election in Belarus. For this reason, the two -day conference “New Belarus” will begin in Warsaw, in which, among others The leader of the Belarusian democratic opposition of Swiatłan Cichanouska. This is an annual conference of the democratic forces of Belarus, which continue to operate against the Lukashenko regime. The meeting is to designate the opposition strategy for the next year.
The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs also referred to this event, which appealed in the statement to the authorities of the Republic of Belarus to “return to fulfilling the obligations made by this country in connection with joining the UN and OSCE and to release all prisoners of conscience, including Andrzej Poczobut” – you can read on the Ministry's website. It was also added that “this gesture would help rebuild the trust between the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and restore stability in the entire region.”
“Belarus belongs to the European family of nations, and its path to permanent development and prosperity leads primarily through Europe,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out that Poland, which is guided by the principles of freedom and solidarity, “confirms its support for all Citizens of Belarus who seek to restore the rule of law, democracy and respect for human rights in their homeland.”
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