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"Mr President, there are surely not very many people who believe that the presidential elections in Belarus on 19 March will live up to even the most elementary democratic ground rules. We have every reason to expect the opposite to be the case. President Lukashenko will do everything to defend his position and consolidate his dictatorship. The opposition has been deprived of equal opportunities to send out its political messages, and the election campaign by the candidate for the united opposition, Mr Milinkevich, is shaping up to be a very difficult one. We must do everything to support the democratic forces in Belarus in the run-up to the election. I want, however, to make a special plea for Belarus not to be forgotten after the election. I agree with Mr Winkler that long-term efforts will be required in order to bring about democracy in Belarus, and we must persist with those efforts after the election. I would thank Commissioner Borg for his undertaking to pursue just such a strategy."@en1
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