UN Security Council extraordinary meeting on Belarus issue Deepening the gap between Russia and the US September 5, 7:28
The UN Security Council held an extraordinary meeting on the 4th as anti-government protests continued in the former Soviet Belarus.
While Western countries are increasing their pressure on the regime, Russia is taking a more prominent position, deepening the gap between the two.
In the former Soviet Union of Belarus, the powerful presidential Lukashenko's victory was announced in the presidential election in August, while public opposition has risen and protests centered around the opposition.
To that end, the UN Security Council held an extraordinary meeting online yesterday to investigate the human rights situation in Belarus, a UN Special Rapporteur said: "Protesters, journalists, and passers-by are indiscriminately detained. , Received more than 450 reports of torture."
The opposition opposition factionist Mr. Tikhanovskaya who participated in the presidential election also participated in the meeting, asking him to send a monitoring team to stop the oppression, and prohibiting the immediate release and torture of detained persons from Western countries. There were a lot of remarks asking for.
In response, Russia's Deputy UN Ambassador Polyansky criticized that "the purpose of Western countries is to change governments in Belarus," and argued that internal interference should be stopped.
European countries are putting pressure on Belarus through sanctions on the Lukashenko administration, while Russia is strengthening its approach to the administration, and the gap between both sides is deepening.