Uldis Šmits, “Latvijas Avīze”, JSC “Latvijas Mediji”
Alexander Lukashenko’s regime has “suspended” Belarus’ membership of the European Union’s Eastern Partnership. Respectively, withdrew from it.
Several politicians dedicated a number of tweets to this not-so-unexpected step. The most succinct was Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabriel Landsbergis, who said that illegal leaders could not make legitimate decisions, so the only thing Lukashenko could leave was his busy presidential palace.
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Belarus’s opposition leadership in Vilnius, on the other hand, has no intention of leaving anything and wants it to be Svyatlan Cihanouska, who will represent the country at the EU’s Eastern Partnership summit at the end of the year.
From the point of view of democracies, she is the embodiment of legitimate power.
For example, in the Czech Republic, Cihanousku was recently received as the head of state, and even pro-Caucasian President Milos Zeman wished the guest “victory in the fight against Europe’s last dictator.”
He also agreed to open an official office of the Belarusian opposition mission in Prague, which is already operating in Lithuania and Poland. Alexander Lukashenko should take this as a rather alarming signal.
But for now, he continues to rule to make himself felt, so the dictator’s abomination abilities should not be underestimated.
They are already fully manifested in Lithuania, where an unusual influx of asylum seekers from Muslim countries has begun, as Belarusian rather specific tourism companies have taken care to transport them en masse from the airport to the border with the European Union.
Speaking at the event of the eightieth anniversary of the Great Patriotic War on June 22, Lukashenko, informed by unreliable sources, said that thousands and thousands of illegal migrants had flown to Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, but that millions of dollars would no longer be spent on foreign geopolitical interests. detain.
Understandably, the smuggling of drugs and nuclear materials into Europe is now on the green light.
So far, one of the few tangible results of the Eastern Partnership negotiations with Belarus has been the visa facilitation agreement, as well as the readmission agreement, which entered into force last July and included provisions for the return of illegal migrants.
Apparently Minsk, and perhaps not only Minsk, saw a good opportunity here to take revenge on the European Union and, above all, on Vilnius.
Undeniably, the EU’s current portion of sanctions is quite heavy, but it can be digested with the help of Kremlin guardians. Lukashenko is perhaps more concerned about the bold words he has been saying in the West for a short time and seems to confirm that the change in attitude is irreversible.
Illustrative quote: “I personally hope that one day Lukashenko will settle before an international tribunal because he is doing terrible things.” The text does not belong to Cihanouska (who spoke similarly in the Czech Senate), but to the similar veteran of European politics, Jean Aselborn, the Luxembourg Foreign Minister.
Of course, a consistent approach would require acknowledging that Luka is not the only one to pay.
Moreover, in European geography, he is unlikely to be the last dictator. Rather penultimate.
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