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US puts pressure on international observers in Belarus 10:50, 17/10/2004, Itar-Tass
The U.S. State Department puts pressure on international observers during the election campaign in Belarus, the Belarussian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The U.S. Department is trying to make international observers in Belarus “to give a negative assessment to the election campaign,” the statement says.
It stresses, “The American State Department is making attempts to make in doubt the results of the election campaign in Belarus.” The Belarussian ministry made a statement in response to State Department spokesman Richard Boucher’s commentary on the upcoming elections and referendum in Belarus scheduled for Sunday.
Boucher said according to the OSCE reports, the election campaign in Belarus is full of violations. To this end, the Belarussian ministry asked to explain what reports Boucher refers to “because the previous two reports given by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights is of balanced and technical nature.”
The ministry said, “We have an impression that the OSCE Mission observe both the elections and the referendum.” At the same time, “the OSCE Office decided not to observe the referendum and thus, it cannot come to any conclusion,” the ministry added.
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