{"id":150612,"date":"2025-08-11T20:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/150612\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"minsk-urges-eu-to-restore-good-relations","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/150612\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk urges EU to restore good relations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 11, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Belarusian foreign ministry has issued a statement calling on European Union countries to \u201cfinally wake up and reconsider the eastern strategy, abandoning the aggressive policy of meaningless sanctions and forced \u2018democratization.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement comes as a response to critical statements from the European Union and its member states on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of what they called fraudulent presidential election in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is in the common interests of the EU and Belarus to restore fully-fledged good-neighborly relations as soon as possible, including equal and respectful dialogue, mutually beneficial cooperation, freedom\u00a0of trade, transit and\u00a0cross-border mobility in order to strengthen peace and security in the European region,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It called the statements issued by EU officials on the fifth anniversary of the 2020 election &#8220;yet another confirmation of the failure and professional blindness of European foreign policy and a desperate attempt to justify to taxpayers spending hundreds of millions on dubious \u2018democratic\u2019 aid projects in Belarus.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To mark the fifth anniversary of the 2020 presidential election, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Union diplomacy chief Kaja Kallas and European Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos expressed solidarity with Belarus&#8217; pro-democracy forces, demanding the release of political prisoners and an end to repression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several other Western governments and politicians made similar statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/prison_unsplash_744x496-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/prison_unsplash_744x496-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/prison_unsplash_744x496.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Australia, Canada, UK condemn Belarus crackdown and support for Russia<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 10, Pozirk. Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom called on Belarus to immediately release political prisoners and end repression in a joint statement yesterday. &nbsp;\u201cWhile we welcome the recent releases of several political prisoners in Belarus, we remain deeply &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/150438\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 11, Pozirk. 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