Belarusians Support Ukrainians In their Striving For Freedom :: Charter'97 :: News

On November 25 the Belarusians in Belgium took part in the rally of Ukrainian Diaspora of Europe. The Ukrainians gathered from many countries to express their support of Viktor Yushchenko, who won the presidential elections in Ukraine. The rally took place in the capital of the united Europe, Brussels, that is why the representatives of the European Parliament and the Council of Europe were present in the meeting. During the rally the slogans were chanted: “Yushchenko!”, “Glory to Ukraine! Glory to heroes!”, and other slogans. The words of indignation and protest were addressed to Leonid Kuchma and Russia. About 2,000 partticipants took part in the rally.

Then Belarusian community of Belgium is sure that only showing such solidarity and civil consciousness, as our brothers-Ukrainians, we could solve the main problem of today – anti-Belarusian dictatorship of Lukashenka.

The same rallies were staged in the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague. Near the Ukrainian Embassy people are gathering every day by the orange tent under a yellow-blue flag, and protest against rigged results of the elections and Russia’s gross interference into the internal affairs of Ukraine. Belarusians of the Czech Republic, belonging to the organization “Belarusians Union Abroad”, since the election day, November 21, have been taking part in the rallies in support of Viktor Yushchenko.