Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu spoke yesterday on the phone to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya who was a candidate at the presidential elections in Belarus.
Urmas Reinsalu elaborated on Estonia’s positions and emphasised the need to resolve the crisis in Belarus through political dialogue, which would lead to holding new and free elections.
Minister Reinsalu expressed concern over the launch of a criminal case against the members of the Coordination Council of Belarus. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya thanked the state and people of Estonia for their strong support for the resolution of the crisis in Belarus by peaceful means and by upholding democracy and human rights.
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