the British Government refuses to recognize the official outcome of the presidential elections in Belarus. This was stated by the foreign Minister of the country, Dominic Raab, reports The Independent.
“the United Kingdom does not recognize the results. Urgently need an independent investigation with the assistance of the OSCE as flawed, which made voting unfair and brutal suppression of protests after him,” — leads edition of the words of the policy.
He stressed that Alyaksandr Lukashenka won the election, according to the Belarusian Central election Commission, with more than 80 percent of the vote, refused re-election, despite the mass protests of Belarusian citizens. According to Raab, “the world watched in horror over the violence by the Belarusian authorities against peaceful protests”, and the international community will work on sanctions against those responsible for the incident.
Europe and NATO in recent days, actively react to the events in Belarus. So, the foreign Ministers of eight countries of Europe urged the Belarusian authorities to immediately engage in dialogue with the opposition. In Europe also believe that the procedure of the Belarusian election failed to meet international standards of democracy and the rule of law. Furthermore, the EU started the sanctions against the Belarusian authorities.
the Evening of 9 August across Belarus broke out of protest because of dissatisfaction of residents with the outcome of the presidential election. In the center of Minsk, clashes with Riot police. The demonstrations were repressed using tear gas, stun grenades, smoke grenades. Known about hundreds of injured and thousands detained.
