Belarus is interested in the further deepening of contacts with Lithuania, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in congratulations to the Lithuanian people on February 16. He revealed, as he intends to cooperate with Vilnius.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko congratulated the Lithuanian people on the restoration of the Lithuanian state, the press service of the Belarusian leader was reported on February 16. He recalled the historical neighborhood of the two countries, which "sincerely remained thanks to popular diplomacy, solid humanitarian and economic relations."
According to the head of state, despite today's contradictions, Minsk remains interested in the deepening of contacts with Vilnius along the regions, enterprises and institutions. "To quickly return a bilateral dialogue into a constructive channel, it is necessary to use the great potential of cooperation in various industries as it can be used as more efficiently," said Lukashenko.
The president expressed confidence that the joint work "will serve as building confidence and corresponds to the expectations of the inhabitants of both countries." He also noted that Belarus always respected the right of his neighbors to the choice of an independent path of development and wished the Lithuanian people of peace and consent.
Recall that during the All-Belarusian People's Assembly held on the eve of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly, said that he did not see the reasons for abandoning multi-vector in foreign policy "Despite all the unfriendly steps of individual foreign forces. Meanwhile, as noted in an interview with Eurasia.Expert, director of the Center for Belarusian Studies of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences Nikolay Mezhevich, "Lithuania, Latvia, Poland takes Belarus not as a partner", so it is impossible to talk about multi-vector in Belarusian foreign policy.
We will remind, earlier, Vilnius provided shelter to the Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and a number of her supporters, and also made the introduction of EU sanctions against the Belarusian authorities and state enterprises. In turn, the Belarusian authorities insisted on the reduction of the diplomatic presence of Lithuania in the republic because of its intervention in the country's internal affairs.
Read more about the positions of Poland and the Baltic States in relation to Belarus, read in the material "Eurasia.Expert".