Belarusian Parliament does not consider itself obliged to consider or take into account the position of the Parliamentary Assembly Euronest. This is stated jointly by the Presidium of the Council of the Republic and the Council of the House of Representatives in connection with the signing of the founding documents of the Parliamentary Assembly Euronest.
Belarusian parliamentarians received with regret the results of the Assembly in Brussels, during which representatives of all member-countries of the «Eastern Partnership,» but for Belarus, established Euronest.
«Established Parliamentary Assembly Euronest actually turns into an instrument of political pressure that does not meet the stated objectives of cooperation embodied in the Prague Declaration. In this regard, the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus does not consider itself obliged to consider or take into account its position,» says Statement of Parliament of Belarus.
Nevertheless, the Parliament noted that the National Assembly of Belarus is open to dialogue with the European Parliament, but only on condition that this dialogue will be «constructively directed and built on mutual respect and true partnership basis.»
As Telegraf previously reported, the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly Euronest was established on May 3, 2011. Boris Tarasyuk from «Eastern Partnership» (Ukraine) and Christian Vigenin from the European Parliament became co-presidents. Constituent meeting took place in Brussels with the participation of delegations of all Euronest member-countries except Belarus. The participants stressed in their speeches that this situation is temporary and depends on the democratic processes in Belarus.
