Credit: ec.europa.eu/ Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Union does not recognize the results the recent presidential election in Belarus and stands strongly with the people demanding a peaceful transition
The Belarusian ambassador to Slovakia, Igor Leshchenya (LEFT) with the Chairman of the National council (Parliament) of the Slovak Republic, Andrej Danko. 07 Aug, 2019 / Credit: © mfa.gov.by/en/press/news By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TI MES The Belarusian ambassador to Slovakia, who expressed solidarity
Credit: Wikipedia / Flag of the Republic of Germany By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Germany summoned the Belarusian ambassador in its country Denis Sidorenko for urgent talks amid President Alexander Lukashenko’s disputed re-election. The summons came ahead of an emergency meeting last Friday by
Credit: youtube /thenational / Nearly 7,000 protesters have been arrested amid post-election crackdown by Belarus officials. Protesters reported being beaten and tortured. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Union is preparing to impose new sanctions against Belarusian officials following the brutal post-election
Credit: By Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times/ United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General António Guterres Wednesday appealed for restraint in Belarus, where ongoing clashes between police and demonstrators continue following disputed
Credit: Wikipedia / Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and a former officer of the KGB who has served as President of Russia since 2012 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Russia is poised to take advantage of the chaos in Belarus following Sunday’s
Credit: Wikipedia / Belarus Opposition challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Belarus main opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has fled the country in the aftermath of Sunday’s disputed presidential elections. Tikhanovskaya reportedly left Belarus and is in Lithuania after she asserted that
Credit: europe-diplomatic.eu/ Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko, President of Belarus By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell sharply criticized Sunday’s presidential elections in Belarus for the “disproportionate and unacceptable state violence against peaceful protesters”. According to a preliminary
Credit: Facebook.com / New Guyana president Irfaan Ail By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Five months after voters cast ballots to Guyana’s general elections, opposition candidate Irfaan Ali was sworn in on Sunday as the oil-rich South American country’s new President. The election results
Credit: icc.int / Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, who is currently freed conditionally by the International Criminal Court (ICC), has applied for a