“In the long run, the Minsk regime will not only destabilise the situation in Belarus but also negatively affect regional security,” Permanent Representative of Poland to the United Nations Krzysztof Szczerski told a Monday sitting of the UN Security Council.
The sitting was devoted to the 2021 forced landing in the Belarusian capital Minsk of a Lithuania-bound Ryanair flight under the pretence of a bomb threat. In fact, the reason why Belarusian fighters forced the plane to land in Minsk was the presence on board of Belarusian dissident Roman Protasevich, who was arrested after the airplane landed.
“Without the democratisation of Belarus there will be no lasting stability in our region,” Krzysztof Szczerski, the Permanent Representative of Poland to the United Nations in New York, told the Council.
“As a neighbour of Belarus, Poland is deeply concerned by the Belarusian complicity in the Russian aggression. Our message to the authorities in Minsk is clear: think about all the negative effects of your engagements on the side of the aggressors, withdraw all your support and help to stop the shedding of the blood of your next-door neighbours,” Szczerski said.
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“In the long run, the Minsk regime will not only destabilise the situation in Belarus but also negatively affect regional security,” he noted.