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Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus and head of the National Anti-Crisis Management, Pavel Latushka, held a meeting with Latvia’s Ambassador to Poland Raimonds Jansons. The sides discussed the activities of Belarusian democratic institutions, the situation on Belarus’s borders with the European Union, and further steps to increase pressure on the regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
Latushka briefed the Latvian diplomat on the work of the United Transitional Cabinet and the Coordination Council, as well as on cooperation with the European Union and preparations for the next meeting of the consultative group “Democratic Belarus — European Union.”
A separate topic of the discussion was the situation on Belarus’s borders with Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. The participants discussed “the aggressive hybrid actions of the Lukashenka regime,” the Cabinet’s press service reported.
Particular attention was paid to further steps toward the release of political prisoners and the problem of extraterritorial persecution of Belarusians living in EU countries.
The sides agreed that sanctions pressure has forced the Belarusian authorities in recent days to publicly demonstrate a desire to normalize relations with the European Union. In this context, Latushka stressed the need for a clear and unequivocal signal from Brussels and European capitals that dialogue is possible only on the condition of real, not formal, changes inside the country, an end to repression, an end to support for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, and an end to hybrid actions against neighboring states.
Latushka also spoke about the work of the National Anti-Crisis Management to hold Alyaksandr Lukashenka and his inner circle criminally liable under international law for committed international crimes and urged Latvia to support these efforts.
The Latvian ambassador expressed support for the activities of Belarusian democratic forces and Belarusian society.
He also visited the exhibition at the Museum of Free Belarus, “Entry Point — 123,” dedicated to 123 Belarusian political prisoners released on December 13 and forcibly deported from the country.