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November 11, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has complained about \u201csanctions\u201d and border \u201cfences and walls\u201d in a message greeting the Polish people on their Independence Day, according to his press office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relations between the two countries have become much more complicated, \u0141uka\u0161enka says, describing the current tensions as a \u201cresilience test\u201d and stressing that \u201cexchanging bans and sanctions\u201d and building \u201cfences and walls\u201d would not solve the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t look eye to eye on a number of issues, this has always been and will always be the case,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka says. \u201cThe question is whether we can handle this situation with understanding and a willingness to engage in dialogue, without confrontation and accusations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warning against holding \u201cgrudges,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka called for restoring \u201cgenuine respect and trust\u201d with Poland for the benefit of both countries and future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her Independence Day message, \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s political rival Sviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja says that the Polish and Belarusian people are \u201cconnected by centuries of shared history\u201d and thanks Warsaw for standing with Belarusians in their struggle for freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, deputy head of the opposition United Transitional Cabinet, will attend official Independence Day events in Warsaw at the invitation of Polish President Karol Nawrocki. The program includes a ceremonial changing of the guard in Pi\u0142sudski Square and a reception at the Presidential Palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar Valfovi\u010d, state secretary of Belarus\u2019 Security Council, said in Moscow on November 9 that Europeans are showing no willingness for engagement, although Poland made a \u201cslight attempt at dialogue\u201d within the United Nations framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On September 22, Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski met Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, reportedly at the request of the Belarusian side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both expressed satisfaction with the meeting and hope that it would pave the way for the normalization of relations between the two countries. Sikorski welcomed the fact that Belarus had released imprisoned Polish minority activist Andrej Pa\u010dobut (Andrzej Poczobut), and that violations of the Polish border by irregular migrants and cigarette smugglers had stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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