The EU’s ongoing contacts with Minsk were reiterated by the Representative of the Commission on Foreign Affairs, Peter Stano, when asked about Alexander Lukashenko’s latest comments on the issue, as well as the technical discussions. At the same time, Mr. Stano stressed that there is usually no comment on “what Mr. Lukashenko says because many of them have nothing to do with reality.”
“We have been clear in recent days about what we will do about EU assistance or possible assistance in resolving this artificial crisis. We are in contact with many of the interlocutors in Belarus. I can recall the communication with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The High Representative has twice in the last seven days had a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of Belarus. “Representatives of the European External Action Service also had occasional contacts with their counterparts at the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” the Commission spokesman said.
“From our point of view, what we are seeing is that there is an interaction right along the line that we say we are looking for the possibility of keeping the talks between the UN agencies and Belarus at a technical level so that we can see how we can help and assist “Efforts to repatriate citizens trapped in Belarus,” said Peter Stano.
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