Lukashenko thanks partners for opposing anti-Belarussian resolution

MOLODECHNO (Itar-Tass) - Belarussian President
Alexander Lukashenko has thanked his country's partners in the Eastern
Partnership, who opposed the anti-Belarusian resolution at the summit in
Warsaw.
"I thank my partners, friends and counterparts for the tremendous
support even in our absence. The Belarussians will reciprocate,"
Lukashenko told reporters on Friday, commenting on the Eastern Partnership
summit in Warsaw. He said "27 EU member states tried to make our friends,
five republics, follow in their footsteps. Nothing happened. None of them
supported the resolution, and it failed," said Lukashenko. He expressed
special thanks to the presidents of Azerbaijan and Georgia, who "were the
most active people who supported us in Europe."
The Belarussian president said that at Friday's summit, "we witnessed
an attempt to apply certain instructive sanctions to us: look, we invite
all at this level, and Belarus will be invited at a different one," said
Lukashenko. He recalled that the Belarussian ambassador in Warsaw was
asked to act as the head of the delegation at the summit.
"They had not expected that, they thought we would keep knocking on
the door, crying and asking for something," said Lukashenko. About the
ambassador it was stated that it was a wrong level.
"They tried to humiliate him, then we refused to participate in the
summit at all. Then they made this statement on behalf of other
countries," said Lukashenko. He pointed out that Armenia, Ukraine,
Georgia, and Azerbaijan refused to support the resolution. Lukashenko said
the EU then used arm-twisting against the Eastern Partnership
member-countries. A number of countries, he said, actively supported
Belarus, saying that the Europeans were wrong in their mode of behavior in
relation to Belarus." I am very grateful to the Baltic States, Bulgaria
and the others who deep down in their soul and openly support Belarus,"
said Lukashenko.