Pofalla discussed situation in Belarus with Naryshkin

The Minister of the Federal Chancellor of Germany and the head of the Administration of the President of Russia discussed the situation in Belarus in the run-up to the presidential election.

Answering the question about the role of Russia of Russia and influence of Belarusian-Russian conflict on the process of the current election campaign, the chief aide to German Chancellor Ronald Pofalla said that three weeks ago he visited Moscow and talked to the head of the presidential Administration of Russia and the head of the administration of the head of the government of Russia, and the new mayor of Moscow. “I do not know to which extend this conflict will influence the election. The political climate differs from the one in the previous years,” Pofalla said, Interfax-Zapad reports.

Yesterday Ronald Pofalla met with Belarusian oppositional presidential candidates in Minsk.

“The Minister of the Federal Chancellor of Germany is a long-time friend of Belarus, and he has a good understanding of our situation very well. He has given a hard-boiled appraisal of the election campaign in Belarus, saying that the election is far from being free, and it cannot even be compared with election campaigns in European countries. Ronald Pofalla noted the importance of Belarus for the European Union and said that the presidential election campaign is closely followed by the leadership of Germany (which is proved by his visit and the visit of the Foreign Minister of Germany Guido Westerwelle to Minsk), and also by the leadership of the European Union. He confirmed that at the meetings in Moscow the Belarusian situation was discussed,” charter97.org website was told by the leader of “European Belarus” civil campaign Andrei Sannikov.