{"id":124693,"date":"2020-08-28T22:51:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T19:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=124693"},"modified":"2020-08-28T22:51:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T19:51:51","slug":"situation-in-belarus-what-is-ukraine-s-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/situation-in-belarus-what-is-ukraine-s-position","title":{"rendered":"Situation in Belarus: what is Ukraine\u2019s position?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Putin says Russian intervention in Belarus is a possibility. <\/strong>The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin said a reserve law enforcement force was formed in Russia, ready to be deployed to Belarus, if needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview to \u201cRossiya\u201d TV channel and \u201cMeduza\u201d online media, Putin said: \u201cThe Union Treaty and the Collective Security Treaty have articles stating that all member states of these organizations including the Union State, and its member states are just two: Russia and Belarus, have to mutually help protect sovereignty, external borders and stability.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBased on that, we have commitments for Belarus. That\u2019s what Aleksandr (Grigorievich) Lukashenko has asked for \u2013 he would like us to provide the necessary assistance if needed. I told him that Russia would adhere to all its commitments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAleksandr Grigorievich has asked me to form a reserve force of law enforcement personnel, and I did so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe also agreed that it will not be used until the situation gets out of control, and until extremist elements using political mottos as a cover, cross the line and start looting \u2013 setting vehicles, houses and banks on fire, seizing government buildings etc.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe agreed with Aleksander Grigorievich (Lukashenko) that there is no need to use it now, and I hope there will be none, so we are not using this reserve force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To remind, on March 1, 2014, following the protests known as the Revolution of Dignity, Ukraine\u2019s fourth President Viktor Yanukovych appealed to Vladimir Putin asking for assistance. Russia\u2019s Federation Council approved the motion of the President giving the green light to the intervention of Russian troops in Crimea.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kremlin made use of Yanukovych fleeing to the Russian Federation, seizing Crimea and starting a war in eastern Ukraine. Since then, Russians have occupied the peninsula as well as parts of Luhansk and Donetsk regions through its proxies.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine\u2019s official position on the situation in Belarus. <\/strong>Ukraine has halted preparations and actual meetings with Belarus officials following the developments in the neighboring country, Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba confirmed at a press briefing in Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe would normally be making countless official contacts at all levels \u2013 in the ministries and state agencies. It used to be a usual practice. We are putting all these contacts on hold until the situation in Belarus becomes stable,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, Kuleba reassured that severing diplomatic ties with Belarus is not currently on the agenda. \u201cThere are no reasons to cut diplomatic relations now. The Ambassador of Belarus proceeds with his work in Ukraine,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kuleba also commented on the possibility of Ukraine to impose sanctions on Belarus. He reminded that Ukraine supports EU\u2019s policy and approach. Thus, Ukraine has joined the EU\u2019s previous statement on unfair elections. However, Ukraine has not decided on the sanctions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen the EU rolls out the sanctions, we will decide accordingly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kuleba emphasized that, from Ukraine\u2019s perspective, the election process in Belarus had \u201cconsiderable drawbacks\u201d and \u201cfell beneath the general standards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe support the idea that honest and fair elections would give answers to many key questions in Belarus,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kuleba made separate remarks stating that Ukraine considers unacceptable Russia\u2019s interference in Belarusian domestic affairs and intends no similar intrusion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can international community help Belarus? <\/strong>Part of Ukrainian MPs have a far more radical position on the situation in Belarus. Thus, they\u2019ve established an inter-faction group \u201cFor Democratic Belarus\u201d. Speaking at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center, the group leader, MP Oleksiy Honcharenko (\u201cEuropean Solidarity\u201d) said that the government of Ukraine has to put forward a clear position and not recognize the election results in Belarus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLukashenko is a direct threat for Ukraine, he is a vassal of Putin. A hybrid Anschluss is now unfolding in Belarus, on television Russian propagandists took over from Belarusian journalists that resigned. We demand that Zelenskyi cancels his October visit in Belarus,\u201d MP Honcharenko said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is nothing to expect from Lukashenko. The international community has to put pressure on Putin. Our inter-faction group has filed a draft parliamentary statement on non-recognition of the Belarus elections. Our Parliament cannot stay silent. The President did not include it the agenda of the session that he called,\u201d the MP added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine lacks initiative in addressing the situation in Belarus. <\/strong>Chair of the Board at Ukraine Crisis Media Center, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States (2015-2019), Valeriy Chaly said Ukraine is not taking enough initiative in the settlement of the situation in Belarus. He was a guest in a TV show on \u201cPryamyi\u201d channel.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are the state that could now be leading the settlement of the situation in this part of the world, particuarly, that of our neigbor, Belarus that depends on Ukraine in many ways \u2013 economicaly and politically. Instead we took a waiting stance. What are we waiting for? We are the ones who understand best what is going on. From our experience, we know best what the path towards authoritarianism and dictatorship is like.  We know best what stability and control of the border is.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was hoping for swift statements. Instead, we hear the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Belarus insulting the President of my country. We were building these relations for decades. It is unacceptable,\u201d the diplomat said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Putin says Russian intervention in Belarus is a possibility. The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin said a reserve law enforcement force was formed in Russia, ready to be deployed to Belarus, if needed.  In an interview to \u201cRossiya\u201d TV channel and \u201cMeduza\u201d online media, Putin said: \u201cThe Union Treaty and the Collective Security Treaty […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":124694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[699,748],"tags":[],"section":[743],"form":[],"yoast_head":"\nSituation in Belarus: what is Ukraine\u2019s position? | UACRISIS.ORG<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Putin says Russian intervention in Belarus is a possibility. The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin said a reserve law enforcement | Uacrisis.org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/situation-in-belarus-what-is-ukraine-s-position\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Situation in Belarus: what is Ukraine\u2019s position? 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