BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

10/03/2010

Belarusian parliament refused to recognize independence of North Ossetia

Belarusian parliament refused to consider recognizing independence of North Ossetia. According to Belarusian sources, voters of the district N 30 applied with this request to the House of Representatives. They collected signatures and the initiative group was headed by candidate for MP Igor Sluchak.

The initiative group introduced an official document into the Parliament and received the following reply: "given the fact that North Ossetian Republic-Alania is a unit of Russia, prerogative of changing its status belongs to Russia."

This response surprised Sluchak.

"On one hand, they recognize that the issue of the North Caucasus is a prerogative of Russia and on the other hand the question of South Ossetia and Abkhazia is not considered to be a prerogative of Georgia. This is double standard" - Sluchak told "Belarusian partisans" publication.

But the Parliament of Belarus sent the initiative of this group to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sluchak hopes that the Foreign Office would be more constructive with this regard.

Source:

http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__3833/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx


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