The Belarusian Foreign Ministry has dismissed a comparison made
by the speaker of Armenia, Alen Simonyan, likening Belarus to a
“province” due to its relationship with Russia.
In an official statement, Minsk described Simonyan’s remarks as
“nothing more than pre-election populism and a desperate attempt to
distract his own electorate from the country’s severe internal
problems.”
The statement emphasized a distinction between the Armenian
people and the country’s political representatives, saying, “We
clearly separate the brotherly Armenian nation from its
short-sighted authorities.”
“Belarus is a sovereign state that independently determines the
format of its allied relations with Russia. We are proud of this
cooperation and will not allow anyone to teach us. Attempts to drag
Minsk into internal political squabbles under the slogans of
mythical interference are a gross violation of elementary
diplomatic ethics,” the statement reads.
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