STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Which is what the EU, the U.S. State Department and the George Soros Open Society Institute pay them to do. Imagine, the great democrats Leonid Kuchma and Vladimir Putin besmirching their pristine reputations by paying what is essentially a state-to-state visit to Belarus as the West is planning to topple its government. And meeting with a standing head of state who is going to run for reelection is "a direct intervention in a presidental race." How many such visits occurred in England before the recent election? But one has to understand the logic of the New Order....] Human Rights Groups Call on Putin, Kuchma to Cancel Meeting With Lukashenko KIEV, Jul 20, 2001 -- (RFE/RL) The International Helsinki Federation, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, the Moscow Helsinki Group, and the Ukrainian Committee Helsinki 90 have called on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma to revoke their 27 July visit to the "Slavic Bazaar" festival in Vitsebsk in Belarus, where they are to meet with Belarusian President Lukashenko, Belapan reported on 18 July. The groups said in a statement that the meeting will be viewed by Belarusian voters "as a direct intervention in the presidential race, in support of the incumbent president." The statement added that Belarus's state-controlled media have already utilized the planned meeting for propaganda purposes. AS CHINESE LEADER RALLIES TO HIS SIDE Chinese President Jiang Zemin rallied to the side of President Lukashenko during his visit to Minsk on 18-19 July, Reuters reported. "We respect the path that the Belarusian people have chosen. China adheres to the principle that all countries have the right to choose their own way forward," Jiang said. Lukashenko hailed Jiang's visit and his support. "It is particularly important that the Chinese people have promised us their support at any time and under any circumstances. China will stand by the Belarusian people," the agency quoted Lukashenko as saying. Copyright (c) 2001 RFE/RL __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]