Poland Reminds Belarusian Authorities About Disappeared Oppositionists :: Charter'97 :: News

During consultations between representatives of Foreign Ministries of Poland and Belarus, Poland FM representatives expressed their concern about the attitude of Belarusian authorities towards the Polish minority, and in particular, by recent attempts to charge taxes on humanitarian aid from Poland, and to distrain the property of the Union of Poles in Hrodna. “The attitude of the state to the national minorities is, among other things, an indicator of the level of democracy in the country”, -- said Marec Endris, director of the European department of the Polish FM.

As Polish agencies inform, the Polish side also reminded Belarusian FM envoys that making the relations at he highest level between Warsaw and Minsk more active will be possible only when in Belarus “positive changes in the sphere if human rights, freedom of press occur, and when the destiny of the disappeared oppositionists will be cleared up”.