BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

16/08/2006

Belarus calls on EU, U.S. to reject isolationist policies

MINSK. Aug 16 (Interfax) - Belarus says it disagrees with the opinion voiced by the EU and the U.S. on the human rights situation in the country and calls on the West to stop its efforts to isolate Belarus.

"Belarus sees nothing new in the statements made by the EU and the U.S. There is a politicization of issues that should be solved exclusively using legal means," Maria Vanshina, head of the press service of the Belarussian Foreign Ministry, said Wednesday. Vanshina was commenting on the last EU and U.S. statements, which express disappointment with the sentences handed down to four members of Partnership, an unregistered civil organization.

"Belarus calls on the EU and the U.S. to reject their isolationist policy, restrictions, and bans, which have repeatedly proved their inefficiency and even counter-productive nature," she said.

Vanshina confirmed Belarus' readiness to "solve all issues in our relations through dialogue on the basis of equality and mutual respect."

Source:

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=11572912

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