Expert: West is more united now rather than before December, 2010
Only the necessity to impose sanctions on Belarus is disputable.
Representative of the European Council on Foreign Relations Andrew Wilson made a speech at the conference “Future of Belarus” in Vilnius and explained how the West’s position as regarded Belarus had changed after the election of December, 2010.
Andrew Wilson: “The West is much more united now rather than before December 2010 when the states could not reach an agreement concerning their policy. It happened after the last presidential election and persecution of the opposition. It led to certain unity although the issue of sanctions is still disputable”.
Commenting on Belarus’ international policy, Andrew Wilson noted that the official Minsk could only use blackmail in its game.
Let us remind you that the conference “Future of Belarus” is taking place in Vilnius now, on May 25 and 26. It is dated for the 20th anniversary of independent research in our country and the foundation of the IISEPS.
