BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

05/12/2007

U.S. Secretary Of State Meets With Belarusian Oppositionists

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with a group of Belarusian opposition leaders in Washington on December 3, the U.S. State Department announced in a statement. Rice reiterated the United States' support for the democratic aspirations of the Belarusian people, and said the United States will continue to speak out for the cause of freedom in Belarus. The group, which arrived in the United States on December 2 and will stay until December 8, includes former presidential candidate Alyaksandr Milinkevich; Anatol Lyabedzka, the chairman of the United Civic Party; Syarhey Kalyakin, the leader of the Belarusian Party of Communists; Anatol Lyaukovich, the acting chairman of the Social Democratic Party; youth activists Zmitser Fedaruk and Pavel Sevyarynets; and human rights advocate Enira Branitskaya. AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/12/3-cee/cee-051207.asp