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April 25, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus’ growing “vassal-like dependence” on the Kremlin is forcing Warsaw to view it as a threat to national security, Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski told the Sejm today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Gazeta Wyborcza<\/em>, the minister stressed<\/a> that if Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka wants to have some room for political maneuvering between Russia and the West, he “must first show that he has some kind of autonomy.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted that “the Belarusian authorities bear full responsibility for the worst state of bilateral relations in history.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the past, all Polish governments were the first to initiate dialogue. Today we have given up hope. The condition for its restoration is change on the Belarusian side,” Poland’s top diplomat said, according to the Russian translation of the article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that the political crisis in Belarus, which has lasted more than three years, the “human rights violations, unprecedented repression, support for Russian aggression against Ukraine and provocation of a migration crisis” pose “a serious threat to the entire region.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The minister reiterated that the Polish government “will continue to seek the release of journalist Andrzej Poczobut and to support Belarusian democratic forces.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also read: Repression in Belarus worse than in communist Poland \u2013 Sikorski<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April 25, Pozirk. Belarus’ growing “vassal-like dependence” on the Kremlin is forcing Warsaw to view it as a threat to national security, Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski told the Sejm today. According to Gazeta Wyborcza, the minister stressed that if Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka wants to have some room for political maneuvering between Russia and the West, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":82037,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-82078","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWarsaw: Belarus' dependence on Russia forces us to view it as threat | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 25, Pozirk. 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