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October 17, <\/strong>Pozirk<\/strong>.<\/em> Juryj Ambrazievi\u010d, the Belarusian ambassador to the Vatican and a former deputy foreign minister, held several private meetings with European Union diplomats in Paris earlier this month, Reuters<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian envoy “requested several meetings with his fellow ambassadors accredited to France, in accordance with standard diplomatic practice,” the report said, citing the Belarusian embassy in Paris, where Ambrazievi\u010d is also accredited as envoy to UNESCO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus wants to break its political isolation as well as contribute to peace talks between Russia and Ukraine and future talks on European security, Reuters<\/em> said, citing European diplomats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They say they don’t want escalation of the conflict, so what they want now is to have an open line of discussion with other states and to underline their differences from Russia,” said one of the diplomats who spoke to Reuters <\/em>on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another diplomat had a more skeptical impression of Ambrazievi\u010d’s invitation, noting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka’s steady support for Russian President Vladimir Putin and continuing arrest of Belarusian regime critics after the September 11 pardons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also cited a major joint military exercise by Belarus and Russia last month and \u0141uka\u0161enka’s proposal to build a second nuclear power plant in eastern Belarus to provide electricity to Russian-held parts of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian ruler wants to ease sanctions on the Belarusian potash industry and restore access Baltic ports to export fertilizers, yet faces resistance from the exiled Belarusian opposition, backed by the Baltic states, the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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