Slovak Foreign Minister: Belarus became Europe’s main problem

Lukashenka was given a hint that it’s time for him to go following the dictators in the Middle East.

A picket of solidarity with Belarusian political prisoners was held in Bratislava, Slovakia’s capital, ahead of GLOBSEC 2011 Global Security Forum opening on March 3.

The participants, among them Stanislau Shushkevich, Alyaksandr Kazulin, Iryna Krasouskaya, Syarhei Kalyakin, Alyaksandr Milinkevich, ambassadors, representatives of European and American NGOs, activists of the legendary Charter 77, were holding portraits of KGB political prisoners.

The author of photos was Pavol Demeš, a former Slovak foreign minister. “Everyone in Europe knows the how dictator looks, but no one knows how political prisoners look. That is why we are carrying out an action with portraits,” Pavol Demeš says.

Current minister of foreign affairs Mikuláš Dzurinda also took part in the action. The influential Slovak politician said: “Belarus has become Europe’s main problem. That’s a kind of irony. Dictators are being overthrown even in the Middle East, but the last dictator is still here.”

The situation in Belarus will be among main topics at the forum. The GLOBSEC 2011 is supposed to start its work from discussion of the Belarusian issue.

Stanislau Shushkevich, Iryna Krasouskaya and Alyaksandr Kazulin

Slovak Foreign Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda