Lukashenka Gets Stood Up Even In Africa
- 12.12.2023, 14:28
Not just health issues.
Lukashenka has been absent from Belarus since November 29. During this time he visited the United Arab Emirates, China, Equatorial Guinea and Kenya.
Belarusian propaganda is trying to present Lukashenka’s trip as a “diplomatic breakthrough.” Did everything go as smoothly as the Belarusian Television says? The website Charter97.org collected the main failures of the dictator during the great voyage.
Humiliation in Dubai
The presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland boycotted a group photo at the United Nations (UN) COP28 climate change meeting on December 1 because Aliaksandr Lukashenka also posed for it.
“It would be hypocritical to stand shoulder to shoulder with the head of state, which became the springboard for Russian aggression against Ukraine, and discuss the future of the world and climate change as if nothing had happened. The Belarusian regime contributes to the destruction of the future world and, together with Russia, is responsible for what is happening in Ukraine - from the loss of life to the catastrophic impact on the environment,” said Gitanas Nausėda.
“It's called a family photo. Lukashenka does not belong to the family we want to belong to,” added the Lithuanian President.
The presidents of Latvia and Poland, Edgars Rinkiewicz and Andrzej Duda, also refused to be present in this photo.
Health issues come again
On December 9, Lukashenka’s plane landed in the capital of Equatorial Guinea, Malabo.
Decrepit Lukashenka barely climbed down the plane.
This is not the first time recently that the dictator’s health has failed him. Lukashenka trembled strangely at the CSTO summit in Minsk on November 23. The tremor of the dictator, who was shaking while waiting for Putin, was caught on camera. This fueled information about Lukashenka’s serious health problems.
A diplomatic pin from the Kenyans
On December 10, Lukashenka arrived in Kenya. However, the country's President William Ruto was apparently busy with more important matters, so the Minister of Agriculture of the East African country, Mitika Linturi, met the Belarusian dictator at the ramp.
Diplomatic etiquette implies that the head of the country must be met by an official of appropriate rank.
Turn out the lights
The visit to Kenya will go down in history as Lukashenka’s shortest visit, lasting only a few hours. The program included a protocol meeting and dinner. Lukashenka spent only three hours in the African country.
Telegram channel “Nick and Mike” put forward an interesting version of the dictator’s “historic visit”:
— Probably, the reason for this was that in one of the most “promising countries in Africa” this is not the first time in a year that electricity has been lost. A blackout on a national scale, which became an insurmountable obstacle for Lukashenka. Without air conditioning, the climate would kill him — and it was already difficult for him to get off the plane.