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"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in his latest interview for the British daily
President Alexander Lukashenko focused on criticising Western democracies, accusing us of behaving like bandits whilst claiming to promote democracy. According to President Lukashenko, the West is to demand a change of leadership in Belarus with a transfer of power to the opposition. The President is mistaken. We are not concerned about who governs Belarus. There are many shades of opinion in this House, and views as to which party would represent the best solution for Belarus vary. What we really want is for that country to be governed by people elected by the citizens of Belarus in free and fair elections. These are not just empty words. We are firmly convinced of the universal nature of fundamental rights and that they stem from the inalienable dignity of each human being. We are deemed to be behaving like bandits simply because we wish the people of Belarus to be able to benefit from the same rights and freedoms that the majority of other Europeans enjoy."@en1
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