Thursday, April 23, 2009

Czech senator not to let Lukashenko demanded of the aircraft.

Czech senator Vlastimil Segnal (Vlastimil Sehnal) opposed the visit of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to EU summit in Prague. Reported "Charter'97" referring to the Belarusian service of Radio Liberty.
Segnal said that if Lukashenko did came to the capital of the Czech Republic, it is necessary to block his movements. "We simply must not allow him to leave the plane," - said a politician.
Vlastimil Segnal headed a parliamentary commission to support democracy in the world. According to the senators who supported the other members of the commission, in Belarus to the EU requirements and has not stopped the persecution of opposition. Therefore, the president of the republic, in the Segnal, be invited to the summit can not be. "It is not the time has come for Lukashenko could walk the streets of Prague," - he added.
Recall that a formal invitation to the EU summit to be held in Prague on May 7, the Belarusian president has recently handed over the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Czech Republic (a country which currently chairs the European Union), Karel Schwarzenberg. The summit will launch a European program of "Eastern Partnership" which involves cooperation between the EU and former Soviet republics (including Belarus).
Favor of European Union towards Lukashenka (six months before the invitation to the EU summit, let's, withdrew from the Belarusian president penalties that did not allow him to visit European countries) was the subject of criticism from several politicians, as in the EU, and in the Republic of Belarus. Representatives of the Belarusian opposition criticized Brussels for the fact that for the sake of the political situation, he did not pay due attention to the persecution of dissidents and human rights violations in Belarus.
Criticism of the Belarusian president and supported his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus. He stated that he does not intend to submit a hand Lukashenko, as well as to invite him to a reception at his presidential palace.

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