The Russian foreign Ministry expressed concern about the situation in Belarus, saying the efforts of external forces to intervene to destabilize the situation in the Republic after the presidential elections. About it reports Reuters.
“We note the unprecedented pressure exerted by certain foreign partners for Belarusian authorities. Traced a clear attempt of external interference in the Affairs of sovereign States with the aim to divide society and destabilize the situation,” — said the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova at the briefing on Thursday, August 13, RIA Novosti reported.
In Belarus several days of mass protests. The participants demanded the resignation of the incumbent President of the country Alexander Lukashenko and the holding of new and fair presidential elections. According to the official data of the CEC, Lukashenko on 9 August won the election more than 80 percent of the vote.