Athens Meeting 18-20 November 2005, Statement: Stop Foreign
Interference Into The Internal Affairs of Belarus
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From: SolidNet, Wednesday, December 07, 2005
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Statement:
Stop Foreign Interference Into The Internal Affairs Of
Belarus

The participants of the International Meeting of the
Communist and Workers' Parties note with concern that
NATO-member states increase pressure on the Republic of
Belarus in order to carry out "regime change" and impose a
puppet regime on this country.

For this purpose the USA and their allies actively use
methods that brought about such grave consequences in
Yugoslavia and Iraq. These include the economic blackmail
and international sanctions, political and propaganda
pressure and ultimately military intervention. Similar
methods of rude pressure are being used now against Cuba,
Venezuela, North Korea and some other countries that are
firmly defending their independence and national
sovereignty.

We condemn attempts of NATO-member states to impose on the
people of Belarus the model of economic and social
development that caused such turmoil in other countries of
the former USSR. We demand that foreign interference into
the internal affairs of Belarus be stopped and the people
of this country be given a chance to determine
independently the road to its progress.