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In an interview with RTVi channel, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov commented on political situation in Belarus, and said that opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has been manipulated by external forces.
"The thing that she is not speaking using her own voice is evident for me. She is now in the capital of Lithuania, which is one of the first together with our Polish colleagues, who demand the regime change in Belarus," he said during the interview in Moscow on Thursday.
The Minister also said that the President of Belarus is willing to conduct a constitutional reform, which he was speaking about even before the presidential elections took place. According to Lavrov, this could be a step to organising national dialogue and to stabilising the situation in the country.
The Minister also touched upon the issue of Russian-American relations, stressing that Moscow will respect the choice of the American people in the election of the President of the United States.
However, according to the diplomat, there will be no "radical changes in modern bilateral relations, as representatives of both parties loudly say." Lavrov said he hoped the new US government realises the need to cooperate with Russia "to solve very serious, global problems which influence the international order."
Russia: Tikhanovskaya is not speaking with 'own voice' – Lavrov on Belarus situation
In an interview with RTVi channel, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov commented on political situation in Belarus, and said that opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has been manipulated by external forces.
"The thing that she is not speaking using her own voice is evident for me. She is now in the capital of Lithuania, which is one of the first together with our Polish colleagues, who demand the regime change in Belarus," he said during the interview in Moscow on Thursday.
The Minister also said that the President of Belarus is willing to conduct a constitutional reform, which he was speaking about even before the presidential elections took place. According to Lavrov, this could be a step to organising national dialogue and to stabilising the situation in the country.
The Minister also touched upon the issue of Russian-American relations, stressing that Moscow will respect the choice of the American people in the election of the President of the United States.
However, according to the diplomat, there will be no "radical changes in modern bilateral relations, as representatives of both parties loudly say." Lavrov said he hoped the new US government realises the need to cooperate with Russia "to solve very serious, global problems which influence the international order."
Mandatory Credit: RTVi
In an interview with RTVi channel, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov commented on political situation in Belarus, and said that opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has been manipulated by external forces.
"The thing that she is not speaking using her own voice is evident for me. She is now in the capital of Lithuania, which is one of the first together with our Polish colleagues, who demand the regime change in Belarus," he said during the interview in Moscow on Thursday.
The Minister also said that the President of Belarus is willing to conduct a constitutional reform, which he was speaking about even before the presidential elections took place. According to Lavrov, this could be a step to organising national dialogue and to stabilising the situation in the country.
The Minister also touched upon the issue of Russian-American relations, stressing that Moscow will respect the choice of the American people in the election of the President of the United States.
However, according to the diplomat, there will be no "radical changes in modern bilateral relations, as representatives of both parties loudly say." Lavrov said he hoped the new US government realises the need to cooperate with Russia "to solve very serious, global problems which influence the international order."