Belarusian Foreign Ministry talks about “same rakes” again

• 10.10.2011, 15:59

The decision of the EU Council to expand visa sanctions against Belarus will make no difference at all, stated the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Andrei Savinykh.

“The decision per se will make no difference at all. The European Union has been pressurizing Belarus all over this year. Everyone knows full well that coercion only makes it worse: it fuels mistrust and makes it more difficult to find efficient solutions that could settle the existing disagreements,” the comment of the official representative of the Foreign Ministry posted at the official site of the ministry reads.

As noted by A. Savinykh, “In real politics, one failure is an accident, two failures are a coincidence, while three or more failures are an outright evidence of a fallacy.” “After the obvious political fiasco of anti-Belarusian initiatives at the Eastern Partnership summit in Warsaw, the whole thing started sticking out,” he said. “However, Western countries keep stepping on the same rake over and over again,” the Foreign Ministry spokesman stressed.

As said by him, it allows making several conclusions. “The EU does not have any meaningful agenda on Belarus and is complacent about the imitation of action,” A. Savinykh said. In his words, European politicians responsible for Belarus’ policy, “ cannot or do not want to work out proposals that would suit the EU and simultaneously observe Belarus’ right for sovereign and independent development.”

He noted that “despite the loud declarations, European politicians demonstrate little interest in finding solutions because they know that their claims are contrived.”

“Belarus believes that sooner or later the European Union will have to break that vicious circle and resume a meaningful dialogue. We believe our European counterparts will be wise enough to do it,” stated the head of the information department of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus.