MINSK, February 24 (BelTA) – The European Union realized the necessity to hold a dialogue with Belarus’ leadership, Chairman of the Permanent Commission for International Affairs and Relations with the CIS Sergei Maskevich said at a meeting with professors and students of the history department of the Belarusian State University. According to Sergei Maskevich, the European Union has realized full well that if they want closer ties with Belarus, they should discuss the existing issues with the country’s leadership first and only after that voice their proposals. In his words, European politicians used to hold a dialogue mainly with the opposition, but nowadays they are ready to cooperate with the country’s authorities as the EU realized that they enjoy the popular support. The point is that the European Union has its own standards and a civil society paradigm which is a criterion for evaluating the processes going on in other countries. Thus, according to European norms, opposition should be represented in legislative and even executive branches of power. “It is fundamental truth for them. If there is no opposition, it should be installed, urgently and by all means,” he said.
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