From: "mart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [pttp] Fw: [C-I] Belarus: capitalist states intriguing election From: Barry Stoller To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 2:34 PM Subject: [C-I] Belarus: capitalist states intriguing election AP. 6 September 2001. Belarus: U.S., Europe Foment Unrest. MINSK, Belarus -- The foreign minister of Belarus accused the United States and other Western governments on Thursday of interfering in the country's internal affairs and plotting to oust the president. Speaking to foreign journalists, Foreign Minister Mikhail Khvostov said the former Soviet republic is "experiencing a certain pressure" in the days before Sunday's presidential election. "We have information about the use of diplomatic channels for putting direct pressure on government structures, we know about mechanisms for providing direct financial aid to opposition structures and the radical press on the part of the West," he said. The allegations came a day after an official newspaper accused the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe of acting as an umbrella for Western spy services that allegedly want to overthrow Lukashenko. Khvostov said there was "no reason not to trust" the report, adding that the Foreign Ministry had information confirming it. Khvostov accused the head of the OSCE mission in Belarus, Hans-Georg Wieck, of being "a full-time professional spy." Lukashenko, who has led this European nation of 10 million since 1994, is popular thanks to his firebrand style and attempts to hold together the Soviet-era social safety net. =============================================================== _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
