BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

04/01/2008

Lawmaker Says Belarusian President Issued "Last Warning"

TO U.S. Mikalay Charhinets, a lawmaker of the upper chamber of the Belarusian parliament, said on January 3 that President Lukashenka "has issued the last warning to the U.S." with his statement threatening U.S. Ambassador Stewart with expulsion, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reported. Charhinets, who heads the International Affairs and National Security Committee in the Council of the Republic, said that the United States treats Belarus "like an underdeveloped country where people starve, suffer, and are humiliated." "This will not work regarding Belarus," he added. Charhinets also said that Belarus is a co-founder of the United Nations and therefore the U.S. leadership should find "some other words for a talk." Charhinets said he does not believe that Stewart will indeed be expelled, but that if the U.S. government wants that, "it will get it." AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2008/01/3-cee/cee-040108.asp