Svetlana Tikhanovskaya speaks out in defense of Armenian authorities
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"We categorically condemn Lukashenko's outrageous insults against Armenia and the Armenian people. The dictator has betrayed both Belarusians and Armenians, acting in the interests of the Kremlin. Belarusians support the friendly people of Armenia, and we strive to strengthen our ties," she wrote on her Twitter microblog (X).
French MEP Nathalie Loiseau also responded to Lukashenko's attacks against Armenia. "Hatred of the Armenian people is definitely a common feature of many dictators. France's support for Armenia will never weaken," she wrote.
Another diplomatic scandal broke out between Yerevan and Minsk after Lukashenko's odious statements about Armenia in an interview with the Rossiya TV channel. In particular, he noted that he has not paid attention to the policy pursued by the Armenian authorities for a long time. "Well, do you see what kind of policy Armenia is pursuing? I don't even want to talk about it and I don't pay attention to it, but what kind of policy is this? Well, who needs Armenians except us? No one. Let them develop their economy and focus on what they have. What France or Macron? Tomorrow Macron will be gone, and everyone will forget about this Armenia," Lukashenko said.
Official Yerevan did not react to Lukashenko's statements in any way, but on August 21, a number of Western-oriented political forces and NGOs held a protest in front of the Belarusian embassy in Yerevan. They demanded that diplomatic relations with Belarus be severed, and that the Belarusian ambassador be declared an undesirable person and given three days to leave the country. At the end of the action, the participants threw tomatoes, potatoes and eggs at the embassy building. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry immediately responded to these actions of the demonstrators. The Charge d'Affaires of Armenia in Minsk was summoned to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, where a protest was lodged against him.